Fighting super fire, French fire protection director: We are waiting for rain, waiting for winter, waiting for God

The Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) On August 15th, the original topic: In France, a super high fire was standing on a scorched forest, and the 34 -year -old Gendant firefighter Elwe Trintetam wiped it to wipe it Tears on the cheeks. This was the second time he cried that morning. "I'm sorry," he tried to calm himself down. "This is our forest, watching it burns and heartbreak."

On August 11, Saint-Magne, France, burning pine trees.

On Saturday morning, Trump and his small team ran back and forth in the area south of Bordeaux, French city, trying to rush in front of a super fire. Their task is to destroy this forest to form a fireproof belt, which is the skill that they can only master after many years of training. But Trump grew up on the side of this road, and "set fire" on his hometown of his hometown leading to his emotional excitement. "It's hard to imagine that I will not see what this forest was once again," he said, "I am 53 years old, and this forest takes 30 years to recover."

Since a large fire burned about 14,000 hectares of land in the area in July this year, people in the Grendet area have hardly stopped. The fire seemed to be controlled, but there were still dark fires underground, that is, those "zombie fires" that can be re -burned and accelerated under the conditions of continuous drying conditions. "I have never seen such a huge flame," Trump said. "I remember the fire in 1991 and 1997, but they did not spread so fast." For some reason, the new fire was even more violent. Vegetations are more dry than ever. "Even hardwood burns like straw."

With the help of many European countries, more than 1,000 French firefighters are fighting fire in Grendet. However, not everyone has many years of experience like Trump. For some firefighters, this is the first time they face a super high fire that moves faster than themselves. When the new fire reached the peak around Wednesday, a fireball flew towards them, and the face and legs of the two firefighters were burned twice.

That night, they ignited "reverse fire" along a highway until 4 am. Trump ’s colleague Christopher Dubo Yinis said that their working time was determined by a sudden fire. "We may look like a tough guy, but we are actually very sensitive. We love forests and nature. Watching the burning of the forest is painful, watching the burning pine tree in order to save the forest is painful."

After setting up a fireproof zone around several houses in the morning, Du Bo Yin Si and his team returned a large base camp for lunch, where there were hundreds of firefighters at any time. During dinner, they talked about the speed of swallowing the land in the past week, and burned about 6,200 acres in just one night. "I have been a firefighter for 40 years, and I have never seen such a fire," said the tactical fire leader of Shang Jialong Province-Pierre Lokv said, "We wait for the rain, wait for snow, and wait for winter. Waiting for God. " (Author Jor Gant, translated by Ding Yan)

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