Fires in Le Perthus, Bouletenerre, Béziers.....

opas · Post by **opas** » Tue 26 Jun 2012 08:41

http://www.lindependant.fr/2012/06/26/c ... 148525.php

There was a huge grass fire just to the side of Beziers airport yesterday, then as we got to Le Soler we could see the fires over ille sur tet.........very worrying.

Sav · Post by **Sav** » Tue 26 Jun 2012 14:02

opas wrote:http://www.lindependant.fr/2012/06/26/c ... 148525.php

There was a huge grass fire just to the side of Beziers airport yesterday, then as we got to Le Soler we could see the fires over ille sur tet.........very worrying.

More info here
http://www.lindependant.fr/2012/06/26/c ... 148525.php
Apologies, duplicated link.

Have changed it here opas
http://tinyurl.com/bqwe2lk

opas · Post by **opas** » Tue 26 Jun 2012 18:08

The siren has just gone off again, I do hope it is not more fires!

rogb · Post by **rogb** » Tue 26 Jun 2012 18:12

Strange that four or five fires broke out quite close to each other on one day when the weather hasn't been super-hot and dry for weeks ...Though they are saying that one started as a result of debroussaillage operations.

russell · Post by **russell** » Wed 27 Jun 2012 10:20

opas wrote:The siren has just gone off again, I do hope it is not more fires!

Hope the Corbere one wasn't too close to you.

Russell.

rogb · Post by **rogb** » Sat 21 Jul 2012 23:36

Horrendous fire at Bouleternere in progress today - and not far away from the June fires. Let's hope the sapeurs pompiers control it soon.

Sav · Post by **Sav** » Sat 21 Jul 2012 23:51

rogb wrote:Horrendous fire at Bouleternere in progress today - and not far away from the June fires. Let's hope the sapeurs pompiers control it soon.

http://www.news-round.co.uk/tag/pyreneesorientales/
Also
http://www.lindependant.fr/2012/07/21/d ... 154064.php

opas · Post by **opas** » Sun 22 Jul 2012 08:17

Yes terrible, I was working at st michael de Llottes and noticed the smoke in the morning, by 2pm it was raging. The planed were going over all day and late into the evening and are back up there this morning.

Sue · Post by **Sue** » Sun 22 Jul 2012 15:59

It looks like there could be another fire on the other side of the Alberes behind Carrefour/Intermarche. There is certainly a lot of smoke and sirens.

Sav · Post by **Sav** » Sun 22 Jul 2012 19:12

I hope everyone who went is ok
http://www.lindependant.fr/2012/07/22/u ... 154259.php

Sav · Post by **Sav** » Sun 22 Jul 2012 20:01

Another fire seems to have occurred on the coastal road
http://www.lindependant.fr/2012/07/22/u ... 154272.php

Sav · Post by **Sav** » Sun 22 Jul 2012 20:15

http://www.lindependant.fr/2012/07/22/p ... 154273.php

Sav · Post by **Sav** » Sun 22 Jul 2012 20:32

http://www.vilaweb.cat/noticia/4029899/ ... borda.html

Sav · Post by **Sav** » Sun 22 Jul 2012 21:07

Fire areas
https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=21 ... 9c70&msa=0

sue and paul · Post by **sue and paul** » Sun 22 Jul 2012 21:24

We seem to be running two parallel threads on this, and repeating ourselves. Can they be merged?

Thread "Fire at Le Perthus"
Posted: Sun 22 Jul 2012 18:59 Post subject:
Just seen another massive pall of smoke rise behind Neolous. I found this site which shows the extent of the burnt area on google maps. hope the link works

https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=21 ... 9c70&msa=0

and a bit more from L'Independant

http://www.lindependant.fr/2012/07/22/u ... 154257.php

BT · Post by BT » Sun 22 Jul 2012 21:44

I hope the link on Google maps isn't correct otherwise it is a huge fire

Sav · Post by **Sav** » Mon 23 Jul 2012 01:13

The fire apparently started near Fort Bellegarde in Perthus & then quickly spread due to the Tramontane
Ironically i posted a picture of the house in the Pannissars area (weather forecast thread)
Which you can see in the video
http://www.lindependant.fr/2012/07/22/l ... 154278.php

molliesassy · Post by **molliesassy** » Mon 23 Jul 2012 06:46

Can someone please confirm the situation with the motorway and national route this morning? Supposed to be flying home via Gerona today....

Sue · Post by **Sue** » Mon 23 Jul 2012 07:14

All I know is that our neighbours visitors went to Spain yesterday and were due back last night but our neighbours told us they couldnt get back and they are still not back this morning.

Sue · Post by **Sue** » Mon 23 Jul 2012 07:36

The neighbours visitors have just arrived back so roads must be open at the moment.

opas · Post by **opas** » Mon 23 Jul 2012 07:47

molliesassy wrote:Can someone please confirm the situation with the motorway and national route this morning? Supposed to be flying home via Gerona today....

I should set off extra early, L'independant reported 8kms of traffic queues

marinamen · Post by **marinamen** » Mon 23 Jul 2012 09:58

Flash d'alerte du CENTRE NATIONAL France Entière
COUPURE DE L'A9 EN DIRECTION DE L'ESPAGNE

Coupure A9 vers l’Espagne - Gestion trafic des poids lourds et véhicules légers
En raison d’un important incendie toujours en cours en Catalogne, au col du Perthus, l’A9 reste coupée en direction de Barcelone à hauteur de la sortie 43 - Le Boulou, pour une durée indéterminée. Des bouchons sont signalés avant le point de fermeture. Néanmoins, la situation s’étant légèrement améliorée, la circulation dans le sens Espagne / France a repris en tout début de matinée.

Pour les véhicules Légers (VL) :
Il est fortement conseillé aux usagers désirant se rendre en Catalogne (Barcelone) d’emprunter l’itinéraire par Foix et l’Andorre (A66/RN20) depuis l’autoroute A61, seul accès possible pour les VL.

Pour les Poids Lourds :
La mesure de reroutage prévue pour les VL n’est pas applicable aux transports de marchandises. Nous conseillons donc aux chauffeurs PL de s’arrêter dès que possible sur les aires de services, en amont de Perpignan.
Vu l’ampleur de l’incendie, nous ne sommes pas en mesure d’estimer la durée de la coupure de l’autoroute A9.
Nous conseillons aux PL en provenance du nord de la France et se rendant à Barcelone, de passer par Biriatou- St Sébastien en suivant les autoroutes A10-A63 depuis Orléans. Par ailleurs, nous vous conseillons de reporter votre départ et vous tenir informé de l’évolution de cet évènement (médias, radios dédiées (107.7), site internet Bison Futé).
Actuellement, la sortie est obligatoire échangeur 40 de Leucate avec retournement sur l’autoroute A 9.

Vu l’ampleur de l’incendie, nous ne sommes pas en mesure d’estimer la durée de la coupure de l’autoroute A9.
Nous conseillons aux PL en provenance du nord de la France et se rendant à Barcelone, de passer par Biriatou- St Sébastien en suivant les autoroutes A10-A63 depuis Orléans. Par ailleurs, nous vous conseillons de reporter votre départ et vous tenir informé de l’évolution de cet évènement (médias, radios dédiées (107.7), site internet Bison Futé).
Actuellement, la sortie est obligatoire échangeur 40 de Leucate avec retournement sur l’autoroute A 9.

Post by **Kate** » Mon 23 Jul 2012 10:22

Now re-opened in both directions

Flash d'alerte du CENTRE NATIONAL France Entière
L'A9 EST ROUVERTE A LA CIRCULATION.

Fin de coupure de l'A9 vers l’Espagne

Depuis 10h00, l'A9 est rouverte à la circulation dans les deux sens.

mand · Post by **mand** » Mon 23 Jul 2012 10:56

We went to Spain yesterday, took visitors for a day out to Tossa, We left Tossa At 5pm as we approached Figures the sky was thick with smoke, We were stuck on the N11 moving very slowly or sometimes not moving at all the police diverted us off the road saying the Perthus was closed we spent the next 9 hours trying to get out of spain firstly heading for port-bou again being diverted back to Figueres...all the police kept saying was there was no way over the border and to go back to Figueres and sleep the night there....we eventually got home via prats de mollo but but it took us 11 hours to do so.

Post by **Kate** » Mon 23 Jul 2012 12:18

There's fairly thick smoke coming up from behind Le Perthus again. Just got back from Saint Jean and it looked as bad as yesterday. Hope it's just an aftermath and hasnt started up again. It's a beautiful day here today, but still windy enough to spread a fire I think?

Post by **Kate** » Mon 23 Jul 2012 12:20

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We were caught up in it and only managed to get home by driving back to Junction 5 and taking the Banyoles to Prats de Mollo road. All together it took us 7 hours to get from Tossa de Mar to Ceret.

It was a terrifying experience with ash falling on us and nowhere to go to get away from it. At Figueras the police told us to go as far back as Barcelona as they had no idea where the fire would hit next!

sue and paul · Post by **sue and paul** » Mon 23 Jul 2012 12:21

Anyone living in the Albères will have noticed the constant shuttle of Canadairs in pairs going in that direction this morning. Hope it's not bad again, and they are just damping everything down

Phipplebert · Post by **Phipplebert** » Mon 23 Jul 2012 12:56

Hi, for the naive of us and not yet totally savvy with the area, can someone gets to speed on fires please

we are down near Le Boulou on weds for a week and due to move near there in sept (wahoo

). How often do fires occur? I see someone mentioned an alarm/siren, how does this work? Etc etc

thanks in advance:)

Sav · Post by **Sav** » Mon 23 Jul 2012 14:23

The motorway is closed again
http://www.lindependant.fr/2012/07/23/l ... 154444.php

Sav · Post by **Sav** » Mon 23 Jul 2012 14:26

More sad news
http://www.lindependant.fr/2012/07/23/u ... 154445.php

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