Europe 1 with AFP 20:35 p.m., July 12, 2023

Just a year ago, the first fires broke out in Gironde. In total, 30,000 hectares went up in smoke. Twelve days of intense mobilization were necessary for firefighters in La Teste de Buch, on the Arcachon basin, Landiras and Austin, south of Bordeaux, to contain it.

On July 12, 2022, during the hottest summer ever recorded in Europe, two fires started in Landiras and La Teste de Buch. Near Hostens, all 180 inhabitants of the small town of Origne had to leave their homes in the face of the violence of the flames. The mayor, Vincent Dedieu, will never forget this traumatic moment. "I must admit that this morning, when I wake up on July 12, I think I will never get up the same again because it leaves traces and it leaves traces in the population this kind of events," said the mayor.

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"We will always have this fear"

"Having been in the woods, not very long ago, it's very dry. In places where you can't not be afraid, you'll always have that fear. However, by living in this massif, we knew that we could be led to live such an event. But, we always saw it elsewhere, in California, Portugal, everywhere, "added Vincent Dedieu.

"We live after all the problem of insurance"

76% of the commune burned, a house, garages and annexes. "We live after all the problem of insurance to get them to rebuild something. It is a village that has changed. We have kept the identity of the village which is intact. On the other hand, 100 meters around, there are no more trees. I had always said that there would be the shock of burned trees. There will be the second shock when there are no more trees. And here we are. We have stretches of three kilometers, four kilometers without a tree, "concluded the mayor of the commune of Origne.