More than 600 hectares were covered by the fire which broke out on Tuesday June 11. The fire was set in the afternoon of Wednesday June 12. A system of 300 firefighters remains mobilized.
The night was calm in the Vidauban sector, two days after the start of the violent fire affecting the Maures massif. According to the latest situation update from the firefighters, there were no outbreaks of fire during the night of Wednesday June 12 to Thursday June 13.
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Surveillance by firefighters remains necessary because the weather conditions this Thursday are identical to those of the day before, with up to 28°C expected in Vidauban.
“A drone team is once again engaged to carry out reconnaissance in heavily wooded areas,” they specify.
The system, made up of 300 firefighters and 80 vehicles, is being maintained for the moment.
The fire broke out on Tuesday June 11 in the afternoon and was fixed for the afternoon of Wednesday June 12. It burned 600 hectares of forest in the Var. Its origin would be “accidental”, the prosecution indicated on Wednesday following the initial findings of the investigation.
“A tractor clearing brush may have hit a metal object, this incident causing sparks and an outbreak of fire,” declared the prosecutor of Draguignan (Var) Pierre Couttenier, specifying that “more in-depth expertise will be launched to confirm the origin of this disaster.
