仏南西部の山火事鎮火、３０００人超避難

【アルジュレスシュルメール（フランス）ＡＦＰ＝時事】フランス当局は１５日、スペインと国境を接する南西部で発生した山火事について、鎮火したものの、依然として危険な状況にあると発表した。この火災により、休暇で付近のキャンプ場を訪れていた３０００人以上が避難を余儀なくされたが、死者は出ていない。（写真は仏サンタンドレの山火事により燃えて真っ二つに割れた木）
　ペルピニャン南部では今も、偵察機の支援を受けて消防士約４５０人が消火活動に当たっている。
　山火事は１４日午後に発生。サンタンドレやソレードなど付近の村５００ヘクタールが焼失した。「極度の高温、干ばつ、強風」により、急速に燃え広がったという。
　当局者によると、消防士１７人が軽傷を負い、１人が病院に運ばれた。
　住宅３０棟、倉庫とキャンプ場各１か所が被害を受けた。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2023/08/16-16:41）

A wildfire in France that triggered the evacuation of more than 3,000 people from holiday campsites near the Spanish border has been contained but remains dangerous, regional authorities said on Tuesday.
About 450 firefighters backed up by surveillance aircraft were still battling the flames south of the city of Perpignan, they said.
The fire has been contained, senior regional official Rodrigue Furcy told local radio, but the worst affected area was under close surveillance and firefighters were still battling the blaze.
With the exception of 350 to 400 people, the holidaymakers had been able to return to their campsites on Tuesday, Furcy said.
The fire broke out on Monday afternoon and swept through 500 hectares near the villages of Saint-Andre, Sorede and the seaside resort of Argeles.
The flames had spread rapidly due to extremely hot weather, drought and strong winds.
Seventeen firefighters had sustained light injuries and one was admitted to hospital after a fall but the good news is that there have been no fatalities, Furcy continued.
Thirty houses had been damaged, along with a warehouse and a campsite.
Several roads were closed and the train service from Perpignan to the Spanish border was suspended for several hours.
Bordering on Spain, the Pyrenees-Orientales region has been affected worse than any other French region by a devastating drought.
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