2 Thousand Prang Evacuated Due To Forest Fires In France

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JAKARTA - A forest fire scorched nearly 500 hectares of land in southern France, authorities said.

The fire also caused residents' houses to be burned down and forced more than 2,000 people to flee their homes.

Reported by ANTARA from Anadolu, Tuesday, August 15, the fire spread to tourist attractions in the Pyrenees-Orentales department in the Mediterranean, local prefecture said in an X (Twitter) post.

The fire also spread to the Sorede, Saint-Andre, and Argeles-sur-Mer areas, and the flames mostly destroyed tourist areas.

Authorities have evacuated 2,000 people from two residential areas and four camp areas in the city of Saint-Andre, which are the locations of houses and other buildings, were badly damaged.

Local authorities revealed that there were no casualties in the fire. The fire was successfully extinguished Tuesday, August 15 in the morning at around 03.00 local time with the help of more than 650 firefighters.