Wildfires overwhelm exhausted firefighters in France and Spain
Get bite-sized news via a newcards interface. In France, the death toll was two firefighters killed near Bordeaux on Wednesday.Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, making his second visit to the fire zone in 24 hours, said "difficult hours" lay ahead.But Sanchez said he saw "positive" developments in efforts to contain the fires. It joined 18 other aircraft already battling blazes from the sky.Spain reportedly has at least 29 aircraft in the air over its Madrid fire zone.
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- ▪In France, the death toll was two firefighters killed near Bordeaux on Wednesday.Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, making his second visit to the fire zone in 24 hours, said "difficult hours" lay ahead.But Sanchez said he saw "positive"
- ▪It joined 18 other aircraft already battling blazes from the sky.Spain reportedly has at least 29 aircraft in the air over its Madrid fire zone.
2 outlets in our directory ran this story, first to last over 13 hours. All of the coverage we found sits in one bucket: centre. That one-sidedness is itself worth noticing.
- ▪ Firefighters tackle wildfires burning in Gironde region of France — The Globe and Mail
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