Marseille firefighters ‘waging war’ on wildfire at city’s edge, mayor says

A rapidly spreading forest fire reached the outer edge of Marseille, the second largest city of France.

Mayor of Marseille Benoît Payan, “Sea Firefighter Battalion Battalion is doing war, hoses in my hand.” He said.

Georges-François Leclerc, the governor of the Bouches-Du-Rhône region, called on local residents to stay inside and said that the firefighters “defend” the city.

Although the situation is not static, he said it was “under control.”

Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau would reach Marseille in the evening.

Marseille Provence Airport was closed on Tuesday, and Julien Coffinier, the president of the airport, said that he did not have a situation of this size.

The inhabitants were advised to stay inside, close their closing and doors and keep the roads open for emergency services. Local officials say that several dozen people have been evacuated from their homes.

It is said that the early fire on Tuesday, near Pennes-Mirabeau, north of Marseille, covers about 700 hectares (7 km2).

Local officials said that the fire was fired by a car that flames on the highway and that strong winds could continue to spread until the end of this evening.

“Very striking – even the apocalypse,” he said, in his statement to the Reuters News Agency, the resident of the town, Monicque Baillard. He said most of his neighbors were already separated.

Local Firefighters, 168 firefighters, as well as fire motors and helicopters were deployed to fight, he said.

Mayor of Marseille Benoît Payan asked the residents to stay “extremely awake” and limit their movements. Natives, people trying to evacuate the city French TV told the intense traffic congestion.

The images published online showed great smoke feathers on Marseille as fire angry in a rugged area to the north.

According to the French publisher BFMTV, the Bouches-Du-Rhône region has not recorded a single drop of rain since May 19.

Another forest fire that began near Narbonne on Monday, elsewhere in France, was ventilated by winds of 60km/s (40Mph). Local officials said that about 2,000 hectares were burned.

Forest fires were reported in other parts of Europe, including Catalonia region of North-East Spain, where more than 18,000 people were ordered to stay at home due to a forest fire in the eastern province of Eastern Tarragona.

Emergency units, approximately 3,000 hectares (7.413 acres) were placed next to 300 firefighters because high winds ventilated the flames overnight.

Some other parts of Spain, which were recorded in the hottest June, had a high alarm for fires.

In Greece, 41 forest fire was broken throughout the country on Monday. According to the fire department, 34 of them took place in the early hours.

Fiery fires, which were evacuated from their homes, most of the Western and Southern Europe, were shot with a scorching scorch fuel.