Overview

• Météo-France has kept Bouches-du-Rhône and Vaucluse under red fire risk alerts for a third consecutive day, leading authorities to close all forest massifs in both departments.
• Recent blazes at Sigean (630 hectares) and Cournonsec (320 hectares) are now fixed but firefighters continue to monitor hotspots overnight.
• Some 550 firefighters remain prepositioned in “casernes temporaires” across Bouches-du-Rhône to ensure rapid intervention on new outbreaks.
• A fire at Pennes-Mirabeau and Septèmes-les-Vallons on July 28 cut the A7 and A51 motorways and forced suspension of landings at Marseille-Provence airport.
• In Turkey’s Bursa region, more than 3,500 residents have been evacuated and 2,300 firefighters with aerial support continue battling wind-driven wildfires since July 26.