Overview

• The wildfire that consumed nearly 400 hectares in the Corbières massif has been contained, with all active flames extinguished and smoldering hotspots monitored
• The A61 autoroute reopened Tuesday morning after closures, and more than 100 evacuees from a campsite and the Abbey of Fontfroide have either returned home or been rehoused
• A 33-year-old mobile vendor was formally indicted for involuntary destruction by fire, placed in pretrial detention and faces up to three years in prison and a €45,000 fine
• François-Noël Buffet visited the site to condemn human negligence in the context of an early-season heat wave and drought that heightened wildfire risks
• Fire crews remain deployed to treat perimeters and extinguish tree stumps in the rugged Natura 2000-protected massif to prevent flare-ups