Fire-ravaged French village furious at being ‘sacrificed’ for millionaires’ peninsula
PHOTO: REUTERS‘Abandoned’His son Theo, hovering over the scorching frying pan nearby, was even more scathing.“Here things were ablaze, while in Cap Ferret they weren’t. It was spreading in all directions,” he said.He pointed out that the worst damage came at night, when water-bombing aircraft cannot fly to the firefighters’ aid – “yet with fires like this, aerial support is essential”.“Then there were tactical decisions to be made. Were the right vehicles used at the right time?” he wondered.
- ▪PHOTO: REUTERS‘Abandoned’His son Theo, hovering over the scorching frying pan nearby, was even more scathing.“Here things were ablaze, while in Cap Ferret they weren’t.
- ▪It was spreading in all directions,” he said.He pointed out that the worst damage came at night, when water-bombing aircraft cannot fly to the firefighters’ aid – “yet with fires like this, aerial support is essential”.“Then there were tact
- ▪Were the right vehicles used at the right time?” he wondered.
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Fire-ravaged French village furious at being ‘sacrificed’ for millionaires’ peninsulaSign up now: Get ST's newsletters delivered to your inboxA drone view on July 26 showing a burnt building in an area affected by wildfire, in Le Porge, Gironde, France. PHOTO: REUTERSPublished Jul 28, 2026, 03:14 AMUpdated Jul 28, 2026, 03:14 AMSet as preferred sourceLE PORGE, France - The blaze that has incinerated the French countryside west of Bordeaux is burning alongside the smouldering rage of residents who believe their homes were “sacrificed” to protect the swanky Cap Ferret peninsula nearby instead.Tensions spilt over in the community hall on July 27 when a man hurled abuse at the Gironde prefect as she came to meet the mayor of Le Porge, a village which saw 12 per cent of its 1,500 buildings go…
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