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France: train traffic south of Bordeaux suspended due to forest fire

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France: train traffic south of Bordeaux suspended due to forest fire

Train traffic was interrupted today south of Bordeaux, in the southwest Francedue to forestry Fire which broke out in the afternoon in the department of Landes, as reported by the French railway organization (SNCF).

All train traffic was suspended “from 15:00 (local time) on the Bordeaux-Aday and Bordeaux-deux-Tarbes lines” due to a fire near the railway tracks in Lalique, in the southern part of the Earth, the statement said. SNCF.

Three high-speed trains (TGV) bound for Paris stopped at Dax station.

According to the Land Prefecture, the forest fire is still going on, but the situation has been improving in recent hours. According to the press release, “Food and water have been distributed to all travelers who have been expelled” and necessary steps have been taken to provide them with temporary accommodation.

170 firefighters and three aircraft were deployed to put out the blaze, which burned about 300 acres of pine trees. Another front of fire (to the north) was outlined in the morning, destroying about 3,000 acres of pine forest.

Source: APE-MEB, AFP.

Author: newsroom

Source: Kathimerini

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