In Martigues, firefighters are on high alert as the French weather agency, Meteo-France, has placed three departments, Bouches-du-Rhône, Var, and Vaucluse, under red alert for forest fires on Wednesday. "The risk of fire outbreak is significant" due to the return of the mistral and tramontane winds in the Mediterranean, warns Colonel Jean-Luc Beccari, Commander of Pompiers13, in Marseille. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES