Var. After "a Month of Combat", the Longest Fire in the History of the Department Officially Extinguished
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Unpublished by its duration, the fire covered a total of 6,300 hectares and required the mobilization of 11,000 firefighters.
The fire of the Gros Bessillon, considered the longest in the history of the department, is now extinguished after having ravaged 6,300 hectares The fire of the Gros Bessillon, the longest in the history of the
"Unedited" by its duration, this fire, which first declared itself on 21 July in a field of the village of Pontevès, covered a total of 6,300 hectares, affected dozens of houses and caused the evacuation of 6,000 people.
The fire in the southern French department of Var has been completely extinguished after a month of firefighting. The prefect of the department said this on Tuesday. In a month, the flames destroyed 5,700 hectares, an area equivalent to the surface area of the city of Leuven and all its municipalities.
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The fire of the Gros Bessillon, the longest in the history of the Var, is extinguished after "a month of combat" and 6,300 hectares travelled, the prefecture said Tuesday.
This fire, first declared on 21 July in a field of the village of Pontevès, in the heart of the "Green Provence", had seen several times, some of which could be of criminal origin, before being fixed on 7 August. "Unpublished" by its duration, he travelled in total 6,300 hectares and burned 5,700 hectares in the communes of Pontevès, Correns, Cotignac, Carcès, Montfort-sur-Argens, Châteauvert and Barjols, specifies the prefecture in a communiqué…
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