Fires in SE France close to Nice.

Posted on July 17, 2017 by bill

Les pompiers ont pris le contrôle de l’incendie qui menaçait des habitations près de Nice. Fire services take control of fires that threaten inhabitants close to Nice.

Les feux se multiplient depuis quelques jours en Provence et en Corse en raison des vents, de la chaleur et de la sécheresse.

Fires multiply over several days in Province and Corsica due to winds, the heat and dryness.

Un avion largue du retardant, le 17 juillet 2017, à Castagniers (Alpes-Maritimes), pendant un feu de forêt.
Un avion largue du retardant, le 17 juillet 2017, à Castagniers (Alpes-Maritimes), pendant un feu de forêt. (MAXPPP). An aircraft releases fire retardent at Castagniers, during a forest fire.
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Du vent, de la chaleur et de la sécheresse : le cocktail est dévastateur. Depuis quelques jours, les feux se multiplient en Provence et en Corse. Lundi 17 juillet, deux importants incendies font rage.

Wind, heat and dry vegetation: a disastrous cocktail. Province and Corsica on Monday 17 July the fires increased with two big fires raging.

Dans les Alpes-Maritimes, 100 hectares de forêt de grands pins ont été parcourus par les flammes à Castagniers, un secteur assez escarpé situé à 16 km au nord de Nice. Quelque 250 sapeurs-pompiers sont mobilisés. Des habitations sont menacées, selon France Bleu Azur.

En Corse, les pompiers combattent trois feux de maquis. Près de Bonifacio, 200 hectares de végétations ont été ravagés. Tous les moyens aériens disponibles sur l’île ont été déployés sur ce feu, selon France 3 Corse ViaStella.

Dans les Bouches-du-Rhône, un incendie est certes sous contrôle mais toujours en cours à Saint-Cannat, près d’Aix-en-Provence. Les flammes y ont dévoré 800 hectares depuis samedi après-midi.

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Worked in the technical / engineering area as a Science Laboratory Technician and as an Aeronautics Engineer. The artistic side involves writing under the nom de plume of Billy Olsenn, his recently written play 'A Case of Wine' was staged by the players group Straight Make-Up at the 2012 Birr one act drama festival. It's next staging was in the one act circuit is in Cavan, at Maudebawn on Sat 10 Nov 2012. Then it was performed in the Bray, Co.Wicklow at the very popular one act festival in January 2013. Next play is FEAR. A dark tale about revenge on the cruel death of two pensioners by young thugs. Neighbours hatch a devious and dangerous plan to exact old-style revenge. Bill is a member of the Drama League of Ireland and his plays have been critically vetted and certified as original pieces of work by the DLI. Another literary project is that of commemoration of an aircraft crash on Djouce mountain in Wicklow in 1946. Bill wrote articles for the 50th, 60th and most recently the 70th anniversary, (12 Aug 2016) all were published in the Wicklow Times and ensured the survivors of the crash, all French Girl Guides, were not forgotten. Articles reproduced on this website. But mostly this site gives a more general European and specific French slant on popular and not so popular articles of French news, translated to English by the author. Each article is translated on a paragraph by paragraph basis so easy to read in either language and even possible to improve either language by comparison of the short English and French paragraphs. Amusez vous bien. The author is currently writing an easy to read technical aviation book centered around the Fokker 50. Another interest is that dealt with in another of Bill's websites www.realnamara.net, a Statue of the mother of God, Mary. It was erected in 1972 in Dublin, at the end of the Bull Wall near Clontarf, and my grandfather William Nelson, was the main instigator of that project. I give talks on the history of the statue and my grandfather's adventurous and dangerous life at sea. Technical assistance with each website is by J O'N.
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