“For a drama like this fire, I could not not regain service”: how solidarity is organized in Fabrezan
In Fabrezan, a village located a few kilometers from Saint-Laurent-de-la-Cabrerisse, where the fire has lingered, the municipal center has not been full since Tuesday evening. From the start of the fire, the town hall opened this room, which became the epicenter of solidarity. There, we distribute water, food and a lot of comfort. “The place has opened almost naturally, to help those who have lost everything, to those who have been evacuated by caution, and to offer lunches and hot dinners to firefighters”explains the one called Fanou, and which, in normal times, holds a real estate agency close to.
Thursday morning, Marie-Jo Bergès arrives at the headset with her heap of clean tea towels for dishes. “Clean and ironed”it is noted, before she apologizes for this detail, “Who could betray [s]we age “launches this 76 -year -old lady in a nod. “In fact, it is natural to lend a hand. I have always done it for the holidays and the kermesses, so for a drama like this fire, I could not not get back from the service ”she explains. And in the conversation, we learn that Marie-Jo is not the dean of volunteers at work for three days in this canteen. “The queen of dishes is still Janine Marlaro and her 90th birthday. There, she left to rest, but, every day, she is here with us. And not to look! »»explains Fanou.
Food, coffee and water stocks are donations from large surfaces in the sector, restaurateurs, individuals too, who cook hot dishes so that firefighters can enjoy a little respite between two missions. “You know, it is the spirit that has been in the corbières forever and that is why we love this earth so much” Summarizes Marie-Jo Bergès, getting to work quickly.
