Gironde: Ministerial decree aims to speed up cleanup after major wildfire

Bordeaux - 05/08/2026: Following the major fire in Gironde, a ministerial decree is expected to officially recognize the damage as a disaster of major magnitude later this week. Prefect Sophie Brocas announced this after a meeting with representatives of the forestry sector. The legal measure is intended above all to accelerate salvage logging in stands that were severely weakened by the fire.The recognition concerns the exceptional economic and forestry consequences of the fire, which had affected large parts of the department since 22 July. According to the Gendarmerie, more than ...