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title: "Watch a 15-minute video (in French) on the wildfire on Amsterdam Island in the southern Indian Ocean"
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# Watch a 15-minute video (in French) on the wildfire on Amsterdam Island in the southern Indian Ocean

*![                               ](https://www.acap.aq/images/stories/acap/Islands/Amsterdam_Island_Thierry_Micol_2.jpg)Amsterdam Island before the fire, photograph by Thierry Micol*

 *ACAP Latest News* has previously [reported](https://www.acap.aq/latest-news/amsterdam-island-gets-an-inspection-after-the-wildfire-and-so-far-the-albatrosses-seem-to-have-been-spared?highlight=WyJhbXN0ZXJkYW0iLCJhbXN0ZXJkYW0ncyIsImZpcmUiLCJmaXJlcyIsImZpcmluZyIsImZpcmVkIl0=) on the January wildfire that caused the evacuation of the personnel manning France’s Amsterdam Island in the southern Indian Ocean.  More information comes from a 15.34-minute video narrated in French and entitled[*"What will remain of this unique island?"*](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7F8APPwCSE)*.*

 “This giant fire has been gaining ground for several hours.  And we're on this French base, without a fire station, on one of the most isolated islands in the world...  Lucas is going to immerse us in this true story today.  That of Amsterdam Island, a French island isolated from the rest of the world, home to a handful of people and a unique flora and fauna... all threatened by a giant fire." [Google Translate]

 With thanks to Maëlle Connan.

 *John Cooper, Emeritus Information Officer, Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels, 09 April 2025*