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Emilien Vicens
Published July 2, 2026 at 1:49 pm; updated July 2, 2026 2:55 pm.
“We have deployed significant resources,” confirms the Fire and Rescue Department of the Eastern Pyrenees. This Thursday, July 2, 2026, while the department is on maximum alert due to the strong tramontane, a fire broke out on the Catalan coast, between Sainte-Marie-la-Mer and Canet-en-Roussillon. There are fears that serious damage will be caused. Follow the information live Perpignan news:
Three campsites and a marine center have been evacuated.
According to the first information, the fire broke out at noon between Sainte-Marie-la-Mer and Canet-en-Roussillon, near the Omair campsite and the Brasilia campsite, already very busy at the dawn of the summer holidays.
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The city is being evacuated Brasiliafrom Camping Omair – La Marina de Canet And you Camping Les Saintes Maries. Companies in the maritime center of Canet-en-Roussillon have also been evacuated, reports the mayor’s office of Canet. Facebook.
More than 150 firefighters were mobilized.
“Explosions are everywhere, it’s the apocalypse!” – testifies a person who was present on the spot in our editorial office. The fire appears to have entered the famous Le Brasília campsite. The smoke plume is visible for several kilometers around.
At 14:00, more than 150 firefighters4 forest fire response teams (GIFF), three urban teams, two food teams, summer reinforcements from Romania, two water bomber helicopters etc. dash plane mobilized. A few drops of water and retarder have already passed.
Several aircraft positioned themselves over the fire
Airplane Mountainresponsible for reconnaissance during large-scale fires, flies over the disaster area. At 14:45 another civil security plane, and Bengaarrived in the Catalan sky. Just a few minutes ago the plane was in Oda.
“Equipped with infrared sensors and advanced communications systems, it can map fires in real time, direct airdrops and ensure consistency between ground and air operations,” explains the Wildfire Prevention and Warning Association.
Shortly before 15:00 A. Canadair was also on its way to dump water.
Closed road between Canet and Sainte-Marie.
Recall that bursts wind over 80 km/h registered today in the Eastern Pyrenees. Emergency services are urging the public to avoid traveling to Canet-en-Roussillon and the surrounding area. For its part, the prefecture reports the activation of the departmental operations center (COD).
The department council has just announced the closure of part RD81between Sainte-Marie-la-Mer and Canet-en-Roussillon. “It is not recommended to travel to this area,” the road department insists.
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