The explanation is simple: the winds, generally oriented to the southwest for a week and the start of the two fires, turned on Monday evening to take a northerly direction.
Images satellite Meteosat Eumetsat 15H35 20H45
Evolution of the 3 Landes forest fires.
and progress of the Galerne wind which rises towards these lights.
The imposing plume of smoke moves with the wind.
It is currently flying over Bordeaux. pic.twitter.com/AdleOlMV1b— meteophile (@meteophile) July 18, 2022
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#Bordeaux woke up to a haze of gray smoke carried by the winds from the #fires. Last night, a pungent odor engulfed the windows of apartments and houses where people were trying to catch a little freshness. pic.twitter.com/HPE4wKDM7i
— Yann Saint-Sernin (@yannsaintsernin) July 19, 2022
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In Bordeaux we have the choice between opening the windows and breathing in the toxic particles of the fire or leaving them closed and suffocating in the heat…
Happy Hunger Games! pic.twitter.com/dJn0Ooq6Rr— SnakiLL – Girondins forever🎙⚽️ (@MisterSnaKiLL) July 19, 2022
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Too many fire department calls
In a message published early this Tuesday morning on Facebook, the Gironde Departmental Council asks residents not to “call the firefighters for the smoke”: “For a few hours, the smoke from the fires of La Teste and South-Gironde invaded the sky of the metropolis, in particular. Please do not call the fire brigade for this, their standard is saturated. If you are worried about breathing in the particles, put on a mask that you used to protect yourself from Covid. You have to wait for the wind to drop. »
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