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 "slug": "gironde-fire-dassault-martignas-cestas-arianegroup-saint-medard-m51-propellant-dga-42000-hectares",
 "title": "Dassault Moves Sensitive Equipment Off Two Gironde Sites and ArianeGroup Evacuates Saint-Médard-en-Jalles at 42,000 Hectares Burned",
 "url": "https://www.grosswald.org/gironde-fire-dassault-martignas-cestas-arianegroup-saint-medard-m51-propellant-dga-42000-hectares/",
 "canonical": "https://www.grosswald.org/gironde-fire-dassault-martignas-cestas-arianegroup-saint-medard-m51-propellant-dga-42000-hectares/",
 "type": "dispatch",
 "published": "2026-07-30T14:47:00.000+02:00",
 "updated": "2026-08-03T14:48:08.000+02:00",
 "excerpt": "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBordeaux, 30 July 2026\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKey points\n\n\n * The fire that began on 22 July near Saumos, north-west of Bordeaux, burned some 42,000 hectares and prompted the preventive evacuation of some 220,000 people across 23 communes over the eight days, on préfecture figures, 55,000 of them on the night of 29–30 July\n * Dassault Aviation, coordinating with the Direction générale de l'armement and the préfecture, moved sensitive items of equipment out of its Martignas-sur-Jalle plant and its Cestas ",
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 "tags": [
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  "air-space"
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 "sources": [],
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  "dassault-aviation",
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