No home is threatened by the flames, which is a strong wind, indicated the relief always on Wednesday.
A fire, accidentally caused by a beekeeper, destroyed a hundred hectares of forest in the town of Prads-Haute-Bléone in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, and continued to spread on Wednesday, indicate relief.
A hundred firefighters, supported by reinforcements from the Hérault and Bouches-du-Rhône, take turns to fight this fire, fanned by the wind in a very difficult area of access but no home was threatened , said the same source. Canadair and the Tracker of the civil security of Gard carried out about fifty drops.
Difficult conditions. The alert was given Monday around noon. A beekeeper smoked her hives and a twig accidentally ignited. The fire spread quickly to the forest.
"The personnel worked in extremely delicate conditions: slopes at 40%, a temperature of 5 degrees at 1,500 meters altitude and gusts of wind at 40 km / h", said Colonel Philippe Sansa, deputy departmental director Departmental Fire and Rescue Service (Sdis) Alpes-de-Haute-Provence. "In the current meteorological context with sustained wind and lack of precipitation, we should be cautious about the use of fire," said Colonel Sansa.