Interior Minister Nuñez: Wildfire season significantly harsher - situation in the Pyrénées-Orientales remains tense

Perpignan - 06.07.2026: France's Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez gave a serious interim assessment of the ongoing wildfire season on Monday. Since the start of the season more than 11,000 hectares of land have already burned, compared with around 5,700 hectares at the same time last year. Conditions had deteriorated again in the morning, the minister said, pointing to strong winds, heat and dried-out vegetation that make the work of the emergency services more difficult.Particularly affected is the Département Pyrénées-Orientales, where several large fires have been raging since the weekend. The ...