French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said on Wednesday he strongly suspected the forest fire that flared up in the department of Gironde may have been restarted by arsonists. More than 6,200 hectares have burned down so far this week, the major highway leading to Bordeaux has been shut down, and up to 10,000 local residents told to evacuate.
“There were eight fires, between 8 and 9 this morning, that started a few hundred meters apart, which is quite unusual,” Darmanin told reporters during a trip to Aveyron in central France.
He is expected in Gironde on Thursday, along with French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne, who announced a “total” mobilization to fight the blaze.
“On several fronts, our firefighters are facing particularly violent fires,” she said on Wednesday. “The mobilization of the government and state services, alongside local elected officials, volunteers and residents, is total.”
A wildfire in southern Gironde, previously considered contained, flared up over the past two days. The flames, described by local media as “out of control,” have devastated over 6,200 hectares of forest near Hostens, and forced a temporary closure of a portion of A63, the highway linking Bordeaux to Bayonne.
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