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• Warn your neighbours
• Wet the walls, roof, and the ground, creating a buffer zone of 10 metres around your house
• Close all doors, windows and other openings, and close any blinds or shutters
• Remove furniture, tarpaulins or firewood near your house
• If it is safe to do so, close and move gas containers to a safe location
• Move anything that can burn away from the windows and place wet towels along the bottom of the frames
• If you are not in danger, put out small fires using water, sand or green branches.

• Make your way to a collective shelter or place of refuge. If one is not nearby, take refuge in a flat area with water or little vegetation
• Stay close to the ground and, if possible, breathe through a wet cloth to avoid inhaling the smoke
• Cover your head and the rest of your body
• Use a wet cloth to protect your face from the heat and smoke.

• Remain calm
• Move curtains and sofas away from the windows
• Close doors, windows and other openings to prevent sparks from blowing inside
• Place wet towels along the bottom of doors and window frames
• Keep away from the walls
• Take refuge in the rooms at the opposite side of the house from where the fire is approaching
• Wait for the fire to burn down and then check for spot fires in the house and the roof.

• Remain calm and follow the authorities’ instructions
• Help children, seniors and people with reduced mobility
• Take your evacuation kit and identification documents
• Do not waste time gathering unnecessary items and do not go back
• Close doors and windows as you leave
• Take pets with you
• Quickly make your way to the nearest place of refuge or collective shelter.