"It's less spectacular but the lights are not fixed, nor extinguished", declared the prefect of Nouvelle-Aquitaine Fabienne Buccio during a press briefing.
However, some "3,000 people" from Pyla-sur-Mer, or "three-quarters" of the inhabitants of this Teste-de-Buch district will be able to return to their homes "from 5:00 p.m.".
Only those who live above departmental 218, located north of the Dune du Pilat, are concerned.
"To reintegrate the populations, we still need a little patience, a few days at least," warned Fabienne Buccio.
In total, 36,750 residents and holidaymakers had to urgently leave the La Teste-de-Buch and Landiras sectors for 10 days.
"The fires are no longer progressing, there is no longer a fire front, this wall of flames which (advances) under the effect of the wind and which creates swings of fire", let it be known in the morning the lieutenant- Colonel Arnaud Mendousse of Sdis 33.
However, "we do not consider that the fire is fixed because we are not yet certain that a significant recovery will not restart the fire and its progression", he added before assuring that both lights are considered "contained".
On the passage of the blaze there are still "fumerons", incandescent hot spots which smoke and which can cause resumption of fire if they are not cooled.
The firefighters and foresters continued their work of "protecting sensitive points", in particular through the creation and consolidation of firebreaks - long strips of shaved earth leaving only the sand visible - and the treatment of the edges .
Securing the destroyed campsites is also continuing to "recover all the gas bottles" present in the rubble, according to the prefecture.
Thursday, 2,000 firefighters are still mobilized, supported by 4 Canadair, whose number in rotation has decreased in recent hours, 2 Dash and a PUMA water bomber helicopter from Civil Security.
Visiting the two fire sites on Wednesday, in La Teste-de-Buch, in the Arcachon basin, then in Landiras, 40 km south of Bordeaux, Emmanuel Macron paid tribute to all those mobilized against the fires .
He also promised a "big national project" to rebuild the forest. He also acknowledged the need for more air resources to fight fires, while stressing that the 22 planes available to civil protection were "sufficient in recent years".
