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BORDEAUX, France - A fire that destroyed thousands of hectares of tinder-dry forest in southwest France has flared again amid a fierce drought and the summer's latest wave of extreme heat, officials said Wednesday.
An additional 6,000 hectares (15,000 acres) of pine forest have burned in the so-ca
HOSTENS, France: Firefighting teams and equipment from six EU nations started to arrive in France on Thursday to help battle a spate of wildfires, including a fierce blaze in the parched southwest that has forced thousands to evacuate. Most of the country is sweltering under a summer heatwave compounded by a record drought conditions most experts say will occur more often as