Tour de France stage under threat due to forest fires: official
- The decision over the running of stage three of the race will be taken "by the end of the day" after being discussed in the afternoon, said Pierre Regnault de la Mothe, the prefect -- the top Paris-appointed official -- of the Eastern Pyrenees department.
- The fire currently burning in the area has already swept across approximately 1,500 hectares of land and required the mobilisation of some 700 firefighters.
- It is located about 70 kilometres (43.5 miles) from Les Angles, where riders late Monday afternoon are due to finish the third stage of the event which is set to start in Granollers in Sp
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- The decision over the running of stage three of the race will be taken "by the end of the day" after being discussed in the afternoon, said Pierre Regnault de la Mothe, the prefect -- the top Paris-appointed official -- of the Eastern Pyrenees department.
- The fire currently burning in the area has already swept across approximately 1,500 hectares of land and required the mobilisation of some 700 firefighters.
- It is located about 70 kilometres (43.5 miles) from Les Angles, where riders late Monday afternoon are due to finish the third stage of the event which is set to start in Granollers in Sp
Sources: France 24