Massegros Causses Gorges and La Tieule destination risk · checked against official sources 16 August 2026 at 09:47 UK time

Massegros Causses Gorges and La Tieule Wildfire Risk: Should I Travel?

A fire that started on the causse at Massegros Causses Gorges just after midday on Sunday 9 August, when a car left the road and caught fire, was declared fixé on Monday morning. The hamlets of Pertuzades and Le Duc, in the neighbouring commune of La Tieule, were evacuated on Sunday and residents were allowed home the same evening. The D67 between La Tieule and Le Recoux was closed.

Short answer: This is the high limestone causse above the Gorges du Tarn, in south western Lozère on the Aveyron border, and it is dry, wooded and thinly settled. The fire is no longer moving. The fire service declared it fixé at about eight o'clock on Monday morning 10 August and crews stayed on site afterwards to stop it picking up again, so it is not out. Nobody is out of their home: the twenty or so houses at Pertuzades and Le Duc, on the commune of La Tieule, were cleared on Sunday afternoon and the residents were authorised back at about ten that night. Two houses that were threatened were saved and none was destroyed. The road to plan around is the D67 between La Tieule and Le Recoux, closed while the fire was running. No source we read this morning reports it reopened, so ask locally before you route through rather than trusting a map. If you are heading for the gorges themselves, the fire was on the plateau above them, and the villages in the valley were not in it. Prevention rules apply across the whole department: the préfet, Gilles Quénéhervé, banned tools that can throw sparks in and within 200 metres of woodland between two and six in the afternoon, and banned fireworks and pyrotechnic displays until Monday 17 August.

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Checked against Lozère fire service via ICI Occitanie and Radio Totem, latest situation Monday 10 August 2026 on 2026-08-13. Conditions change daily during and after a fire, and the source below is the authority.

Check locally: Fire service: the Massegros fire was fixé on the morning of Monday 10 August. Fixed, meaning it has stopped moving and is not yet out. Crews stayed on the ground afterwards to stop it picking up again. The mayor, Jean-Paul Pourquier, said the fire started when a car left the road at about half past twelve on Sunday and caught fire. (as of 2026-08-10)
Restriction lifted: Pertuzades and Le Duc evacuated on 9 August, residents home the same evening. The two hamlets, on the commune of La Tieule and covering about twenty houses, were cleared as a precaution on Sunday afternoon. Residents were authorised to return at about ten that night. Two threatened houses were saved and none was destroyed. (as of 2026-08-09)
Still closed: D67 closed between La Tieule and Le Recoux. Closed while the fire was running on 9 August. No reopening has been announced by any source we read this morning, so treat it as shut and ask locally before routing through. (as of 2026-08-10)

Lozère fire service via ICI Occitanie and Radio Totem, latest situation Monday 10 August 2026 →

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Nobody is out of their home

Pertuzades and Le Duc, two hamlets of La Tieule covering about twenty houses, were evacuated on the afternoon of Sunday 9 August. Residents were authorised to return at about ten that evening. Two threatened houses were saved and none was destroyed.

The fire has stopped moving but it is not out

The fire service declared it fixé by eight o'clock on the morning of Monday 10 August and kept crews on site afterwards to stop it picking up again. Burnt causse carries hot ground and weakened trees, so stay off it.

The D67 was closed and no reopening has been announced

The D67 between La Tieule and Le Recoux was closed while the fire was running. No source we read this morning reports it back in service, which is not the same as a reopening notice. Ask at your accommodation or the mairie before routing through.

Departmental prevention rules are in force

The préfet de la Lozère, Gilles Quénéhervé, has banned chainsaws, brushcutters and grinders in woodland, scrub and natural ground, and within 200 metres of it, between two and six in the afternoon unless the operator carries firefighting equipment. Fireworks and pyrotechnic displays are banned across the department until Monday 17 August.

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The Gorges du Tarn villages in the valley below, and the road along the gorge, were not in the fire zone.
Mende, Millau and the Aubrac were unaffected, and if you wanted a day walking, choose ground well away from the burnt causse above La Tieule.
If you are crossing Lozère by car, plan the leg between La Tieule and Le Recoux the morning you travel, because the D67 there is the one road this fire actually shut.

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What is still disrupted in Massegros Causses Gorges and La Tieule

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Nobody is out of their home

The fire has stopped moving but it is not out

The D67 was closed and no reopening has been announced

Departmental prevention rules are in force

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