French mayor bans smoking in village and cars due to forest fire risl

7 July 2022

Published by: https://www.connexionfrance.com

FRANCE – The decree aims to raise people’s awareness, especially as the village is surrounded by dry pine forest.

A mayor in southern France has banned people from smoking in their vehicles and in most of his village’s centre in a bid to lower the risk of forest fires, as the risk of a blaze remains high.

Langlade (Gard, Occitanie) is a 2,000-inhabitant village surrounded by pine forest.

Mayor Gaëtan Prevoteau has now taken out a decree that bans people both from smoking in their cars – to avoid cigarettes being thrown out of windows along the