France fire crews face searing heat in battle to contain flames
The smoke is becoming thicker and more aggressive. It explains how the wildfires have spread at the rate they have.Image caption, Pierre Alexandre had refused to leave his bungalow when asked by firefighters"When [the police] said I had to leave, I said no!" confessed Pierre Alexandre. The epicentre of the fire started in the woodland next to his bungalow.He shows a picture of him sitting on the roof of his house in the dark.
- ▪The smoke is becoming thicker and more aggressive.
- ▪It explains how the wildfires have spread at the rate they have.Image caption, Pierre Alexandre had refused to leave his bungalow when asked by firefighters"When [the police] said I had to leave, I said no!" confessed Pierre Alexandre.
- ▪The epicentre of the fire started in the woodland next to his bungalow.He shows a picture of him sitting on the roof of his house in the dark.
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France fire crews face searing heat in battle to contain flames<div class="ssrcss-1553su4-ErrorMessage eitf6465"><div class="ssrcss-h7lv7m-StyledInnerContainer eitf6464"><div class="ssrcss-nbxsk2-TextContent eitf6461"><h2 type="normal" class="ssrcss-89o2pv-Heading e10rt3ze0">To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.</h2><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10">This video can not be played</p></div></div></div>Figure caption, Planes dump water on French wildfires as temperatures riseByJames WaterhouseReporting fromGironde regionPublished29 July 2026, 17:27 BSTUpdated 1 minute agoThe aerial cavalry of three Canadair aircraft flying overhead look as impressive as they sound.They arrive in formation, before sharply banking over towards the thick plume of black…
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