50 firefighters, several hectares of destroyed territory and “great solidarity” in extinguishing a fire in the west of Sarthe

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This Friday, July 24, 2026, at 16:25, a farmer alerted firefighters to the start of a fire in Neuvillette-en-Charny (Sarthe). Fifty firefighters were dispatched. The flames were “under control” at 6:30 p.m., Mayor Jean-Paul Brochard said.

50 firefighters intervened in Neuvillette-en-Charny to put out a fire this Friday, July 24, 2026. | MATHIEU PATTIER / ARCHIVES OF WEST FRANCE

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• 50 firefighters intervened in Neuvillette-en-Charny to put out a fire this Friday, July 24, 2026. | MATHIEU PATTIER / ARCHIVES OF WEST FRANCE

The fire is under control. At the end of the telephone conversation, the mayor of Neuvillet-en-Charny is relieved. Just before 4:30 p.m., a fire was reported in his town, west of Sarthe. The tractor’s electrical circuit caught fire, the farmer called the firefighterspoints out Jean-Paul Brochard. The flames destroyed the grove and then attacked a meadow of dry grass. The fire was brought under control shortly before Girardier.,…

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