A water bombing helicopter (HBE) used in the fight against forest fires by the Bouches-du-Rhône firefighters, in July 2022. ADIL BENAYACHE/SIPA
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Météo-France has placed the Bouches-du-Rhône department in the south-east of France on orange alert for forest fires on Tuesday 2 July and Wednesday, due to high temperatures combined with a drought.
For Wednesday, the Mediterranean department of Aude will also be affected by the alert level. ” pupil “ in the “forest weather” created in 2023.
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This level of danger ” pupil ” is the third, on a scale of four, the most alarming level of which is the red alert, which means that the risk of fires starting is ” very high “.
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“Nine out of ten fires are of human origin” so the forest weather comes to indicate that “The drought conditions and weather conditions in the department lead to a high level of danger if a fire breaks out.”Météo-France told AFP.
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For Tuesday and Wednesday, several weather parameters explain the triggering of the orange alert in Bouches-du-Rhône: “Wind, temperature, humidity, recent precipitation and dryness level”detailed Météo-France.
It is then up to the prefectures to decide whether or not to restrict access to forest areas.
By Le Nouvel Obs with AFP
