Pyrénées-Orientales placed Monday in risk "very severe" fire. Water bomber helicopter and several intervention groups will be deployed in addition to departmental resources, announced Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin.
Brush clearing operations are also stopped, because of the risk of fire that could be caused by sparks. The department was the scene in mid-April of the first major fire of this year in the country, with flames that have traveled about 1,000 hectares.