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Haute-Saône. ONF agents on patrol to prevent forest fires

Haute-Saône. ONF agents on patrol to prevent forest fires

For the past two years, the National Forestry Office (ONF) has been tasked with a new mission in Haute-Saône to protect the forest against fires. To this end, forestry technicians conduct patrols during the summer to raise public awareness of a risk that is still largely underestimated by the population.
From mid-June to mid-September, ONF agents meet with users of the Haute-Saône forest to alert them to the risks of fire. Photo Patrick Bar
From mid-June to mid-September, ONF agents meet with users of the Haute-Saône forest to alert them to the risk of fire. Photo: Patrick Bar

Relaxing in the shade of the beech trees, reading on their deckchairs, Jean and Annie Olivacce were surprised to see two tall, strapping men dressed in pine green arrive. "At first, we thought our camper van was in the way," said the Normandy tourist couple, who had come to cool off by the Monts Reveaux pond in Saint-Germain, near Lure. "But no, they explained to us that we should avoid making fires and gave us...

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