Emmanuel Macron will organize a meeting with the different actors from the departments affected by the fires, who fought against the fires, BFMTV learned from the delegation of the President of the Republic, confirming information from the JDD. Among them firefighters, peasants or overseas reinforcements.
On this occasion, the Head of State wishes to thank them for their action against the fires, but also “open the work to review our model of prevention and firefighting”.
The president “informed every two hours” of the situation
No date has yet been set for the moment because “we are still managing the fires,” we explain. Currently on vacation in Fort Brégançon (Var), the president closely follows the situation with points every two hours, informs the environment of him to our colleagues.
The tenant of the Elysee contacted the elected officials of the Jura on Saturday, where the fire resumed in the afternoon after being declared fixed in the morning. He called the departmental president of Jura, the prefect of the department, the fire chief of the department and the deputy of the 1st local district.
An additional 150 hectares have been reduced to ashes in this department, bringing the total land burned to more than 800 hectares since Tuesday. Nearly 300 firefighters are on site, as well as aerial fire extinguishers.
At the end of July, the President of the Republic went to Gironde where he had already promised “a great national project” to repopulate the burned forest as well as “more Canadairs” and planes to fight the fires.
Source: BFM TV
