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Interior Minister Orders Evacuation of Wildfire-Site Rave in Aude

He urges making the organization of such gatherings a criminal offense, citing Italy’s tougher approach.

Overview

  • Organizers began dismantling the site and stopped the music, with the prefecture counting roughly 900 people still present on Tuesday morning after a weekend peak of about 2,500.
  • Bruno Retailleau directed authorities to clear the area from 14:00 Tuesday and sent additional mobile gendarmerie units, warning that holdouts would be expelled.
  • Security forces increased on-site from about 150 to 260, issued more than 800 fines, and placed three people in custody for road and drug offenses.
  • Clashes on Monday involved farmers damaging parked vehicles and exchanges of projectiles with attendees; authorities reported no arrests or injuries in that incident.
  • The gathering took place on private agricultural land within the Corbières burn zone where an August wildfire scorched roughly 16,000 hectares, killed one person, and destroyed dozens of homes.