Europe 1 with AFP 1:43 p.m., August 14, 2022
The fire in the Brocéliande forest is set on Sunday at the end of the morning after a major resumption of fire during the night and remains under the observation of 180 firefighters, according to the Morbihan prefecture.
The fire, which broke out overnight from Thursday to Friday in the town of Campénéac, covered 630 hectares and destroyed 400.
The fire in the Brocéliande forest is set on Sunday at the end of the morning after a major resumption of fire during the night and remains under the observation of 180 firefighters, according to the Morbihan prefecture.
The fire which broke out overnight from Thursday to Friday in the town of Campénéac, about sixty kilometers from Rennes is "under active surveillance" after covering 630 hectares and destroying 400.
More than 300 firefighters involved
Joined by AFP, the interministerial communication service assured that "the rain obviously helped the firefighters but we do not know how this will evolve in the hours to come".
Nearly 300 firefighters were engaged at the height of the fire, including some elements from the nearby Saint-Cyr-Coëtquidan military school, as well as a Dash plane and two Swedish Air Tractor AT 802 planes which came as reinforcements "as part of European solidarity".
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