The town hall of Strasbourg announced on Wednesday evening the cancellation of its traditional fireworks display on July 14, taking note of “the unavailability of the fire and rescue services” in a context of “high” risk of fire. forest.
“The fireworks scheduled for Strasbourg on the evening of July 14 is canceled”, announces the municipality in a press release, but the national holiday, “moment of cohesion and national unity, will be celebrated in Strasbourg”, she nevertheless warns .
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This decision is in accordance with the recommendations issued in the morning by the prefecture of Bas-Rhin, which invites the mayors of the department to “cancel the fireworks and festive fires” given the “worrying situation concerning the risk of forest fires , which remains at a high level.
“The early drought and the new episode of heat announced for the end of the week do not make it possible to envisage an improvement in the situation”, judges the prefecture which has not however issued an order banning fires. artifice. Several outbreaks of fire were recorded in forests in Bas-Rhin and the neighboring Vosges in June.
2023-07-05 20:38:42
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