Wildfires scorch southern France as heat and drought fuel blazes
Today 11:45am
French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu said nearly 7,000 fires have broken out since the start of the summer season, with some 8,700 hectares already burned. “The situation is fairly tense.”
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