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Major fire in southern France largely extinguished
Firefighters have brought under control most of the largest wildfire to hit France in decades, though efforts continue in ...
1,400 keep watch on France wildfire
PARIS -- About 1,400 firefighters were deployed Saturday in France's southern Aude region to prevent the country's largest ...
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Satellites watch France's largest wildfire in 75 years burn an area larger than Paris
Satellite images revealed the scope of destruction in the south of France where an area larger than the country's capital ...
Some vineyards act as firebreaks as France wildfire contained
Some vineyards acted as natural firebreaks, leaving a surreal patchwork of scorched hills and untouched green vines. (AP ...
France seeks to 'stabilise' wildfire raging in south
French firefighters said Thursday they were hoping to halt the country's biggest wildfire this summer that has left one ...
France's biggest wildfire since 1949 moving more slowly but not yet under control
CABRERISSE, France (Reuters) -A massive wildfire that has scorched through 16,000 hectares of forest and villages in southern ...
Italy to France, wildfires sweep Europe as climate change serves ultimatum
Wildfires are tearing through southern Europe, killing at least three people and displacing thousands as flames, driven by ...
Major French wildfire is unlikely to be under control until late on Sunday
A wildfire in the southern French prefecture of Aude is not expected to be under control until late on Sunday, the regional ...