France was evacuated by more than 10,000 residents of the forest fire, and the Minister of the Interior: Firefighters are not enough

Polar News reporter Manda

Intern Wei Yingjie

According to CNN and the Guardian reported on August 10, a forest fire occurred on Tuesday, located in Greece, southwest of France, with a fire area of ​​thousands of hectares, and the fire forced 10,000 residents to evacuate. Since June of this year, French mountain fires that have been swept four times have been swept by the waves, and the entire country has used more than 10,000 firefighters to deal with sudden mountain fires.

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According to reports, the forest fire in Grendte province was caused by high temperature and wind. 16 houses were burned, with a fire area of ​​thousands of hectares, and the fire has spread to Lange Province, south. In order to extinguish the fire, the French government urgently recruited firefighters and invested in the aircraft to get water and fire. Two weeks ago, two fires had just occurred here, and more than 20,000 hectares of forests were burned by wildfires.

Martin Griela, an official of the New Aquita region in Grendte's province, said the fire had evacuated 10,000 local residents. He had previously said that 6000 hectares of forest had been destroyed by fire. As of now, there are no casualties reports.

This is the fourth time in France since June this year. Due to the serious fire and insufficient firefighters, the French government is recruiting employees who voluntarily join the fire team from various countries.

"It's the point where there is no anti -defense officer." French Minister of the Interior Jerald Dalmarnin told reporters that he visited the province of Avilong, which was destroyed by wildfire in southern France on Wednesday.

The latest data from the French Fire Department shows that 79%of the 25,000 firefighters in France are volunteers. Darmaning told reporters that at present, 10,000 firefighters have been mobilized throughout France to deal with frequent mountain fires.

According to the French Meteorological Administration's forecast, this Thursday and Friday, the temperature of Grendet's province will be as high as 40 degrees Celsius.

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At the same time, data from the European arid observation station on Wednesday showed that a total of 63%of the land in the European Union and the United Kingdom entered a state of drought warning. The area affected by the drought is almost equivalent to India's land area, which is larger than the three largest states in the United States -Alaska, Texas and California.

"In Europe, it is not uncommon to have wildfires in high temperature and drought weather, and this time the wildfire has a longer duration, and the spread of the area is wider." Said Litz Benteli, CEO of the Royal Meteorological Society, said

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