In Canet-en-Roussillon in the Pyrénées-Orientales, a wildfire forced a campsite to evacuate residents around 2:30 a.m. Sunday night into Monday.
On the night of this Sunday August 18 to Monday August 19, the tourists present in the Mar Estang campsite in the commune of Canet-en-Roussillon (Pyrénées-Orientales) had to be evacuated by the emergency services around 2:30 a.m. after a vegetation. fire, reports The Independent.
“Firefighters from the Pyrénées-Orientales were engaged in a fire in a natural area in the town of Canet-en-Roussillon at 2.24am. The fire spread very quickly through a wind from the north with gusts of 80 km/h towards the Mar Estang campsite located 100 meters away. south of the outbreak of the fire”, indicated SDIS 66.
104 firefighters were mobilized for the intervention, and almost 27 emergency vehicles are on the scene. “One mobile home was destroyed, five others were partially damaged as well as a caravan was damaged,” firefighters said.
Six injured
The fire covered almost 2 hectares and violently entered this campsite with a capacity of 600 places. 3,000 people were evacuated by the emergency services. Also according to the fire department's press release, six people were injured during this intervention, four civilians and two firefighters.. The fire was brought under control two hours later, but emergency services remained at the scene to prevent any recurrence.
The sub-prefect of the Céret district, as well as the elected officials of the municipality, visited the place. An investigation will be launched to determine the exact causes of this fire, he adds France Blue Roussillon.