On Thursday, August 29, a major fire broke out in Corsica near Porto-Vecchio. 40 hectares of vegetation burned, next to houses, in one of the most touristic areas of the island.
The summer is not over and the wildfires continue. A fire broke out on Thursday, August 29, around 3 p.m., in a place called Pantanaghja, in Sotta, a town located near Porto-Vecchio in Corsica, reports France 3 regions And Corsica-Morning. They burned 40 hectares of vegetation, near the houses, and a building of 100 square meters was also destroyed.
Firefighters quickly intervened on the scene and at the height of the system, there were no less than a hundred people and 30 fighters, including a water bomber helicopter and two mobilized Canadians. Between the station and the start of the fire, traffic had been stopped to facilitate the movements of the firefighters. In addition, the national road between Porto-Vecchio and the town of Sotta had also been blocked. It has since reopened.
Closed people
As a precaution, the residents of the area were taken to safety. “In total, about thirty people were locked in their homes, they report TF1 Info.
Once the fire was out, all of those people were able to return home by late afternoon, even as firefighters continued to secure the area. The origin of the fire is not yet known.