Overview
- The fire started in Taradeau on Sunday and produced an estimated 800‑metre ember jump into Arcs‑sur‑Argens, leaving roughly 200 hectares burned.
- A total of 365 firefighters remain on the ground supported by Dash aircraft and helicopters carrying out repeated water drops.
- About 150 people were evacuated to local shelters with firefighters reporting four houses destroyed, around 15 vehicles lost and about a dozen additional homes damaged while roughly 100 homes were saved.
- Crews say steep, hard‑to‑access forest edges force them to lay hose lines and work lisières to prevent re‑ignition as temperatures that can top 40°C and fluctuating sea breezes and west winds complicate suppression.
- The prefecture has closed four massifs and kept the department on orange heat vigilance, and officials warn neighboring departments face elevated fire risk as operations continue and containment remains uncertain.