French officials said the area was vulnerable to fires due to “intense heat, dryness and tumultuous winds of up to 180 kilometers/hour,” Reuters reported.
On Aug. 20, the Pyrenees-Orientales Fire Department wrote on X that the fire had been extinguished (here).
!”The Arduini Helicopters Facebook page credits the video to an individual named Paul Buxton-Carr (here).
Reuters Fact Check has previously addressed similar videos showing firefighters employing controlled or prescribed burning to curtail the spread of wildfires (here).
The video shows a 2018 prescribed burn in Canada, not the intentional ignition of wildfires in France in 2023.
Persons:
”, Paul Buxton, Carr, Read
Organizations:
Facebook, ” Reuters, Fire, Arduini Helicopters, Reuters
Locations:
Canada, France, Pyrenees, Canada’s Alberta, British Columbia, Narcosli