” It is enormous ! The word immediately comes to the mind of Lieutenant Denis Thouvignon, head of the Tournus center and company leader. In 30 years of career, the one who was hired as a group leader in the Bravo column in Gironde, had rarely seen “this strength for a fire. He was very virulent. We had flames that could reach 40 to 45 meters high. “The 50-year-old was impressed by this gigantic blaze, but also” by the mobilization of firefighters from all over France. The sector of intervention was grandiose”. However, it has experienced two fire campaigns in the south-east of France. “This will forever be etched in my memory,” he said. For most of the firefighters in the group, it was the first time they had experienced a situation of war against fire, where they had to constantly move to push it back, start again because it started up again. It’s physically intense. »
“The human body is put to the test”
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