2021 France wildfires | |
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Location | Saint Tropez,[1] France |
Statistics | |
Cost | >100 million euros[citation needed] |
Date(s) | August 2021 |
Cause | Organized arson[citation needed] |
Deaths | 2[2] |
The 2021 France wildfires are multiple wildfires happening in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France, mainly in Saint Tropez.[3][4][5] Two people died during the fires.[6]
On August 17, 2021, a devastating forest fire broke out, with a flame as high as 20 meters, in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur near Saint-Tropez.[7] Thousands of people were evacuated, in particular the villages around Cavalaire, Saint-Tropez, Grimaud and La Môle were evacuated.[3][8] The Var prefecture also confirmed the evacuation of several campsites and urged people to avoid the roads adjacent to the Gulf of Saint-Tropez so as not to hinder rescue. About 750 firefighters are fighting the fires that destroyed a wooded area of 3,500 hectares.