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BESSEGES, France - More than 900 firefighters backed by aircraft were deployed on Friday to battle a massive blaze in France's southern Gard region that burned 600 hectares (1,500 acres) overnight. Firefighters work to extinguish a wildfire near Besseges, southern France, in the night between Jul

More than 900 firefighters backed by aircraft were deployed on Friday to battle a massive blaze in France’s southern Gard region that burned 600 hectares (1,500 acres) overnight

More than 900 firefighters backed by aircraft were deployed on Friday to battle a massive blaze in France's southern Gard region that burned 600 hectares (1,500 acres) overnight.

More than 900 plane-backed firefighters were deployed on Friday to battle a massive blaze in France's southern Gard region that burned 600 hectares (1,500

The blaze has already burned 600 hectares (1,500 acres) of the forest in France’s Gard region.

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More than 900 firefighters backed by aircraft have been deployed to battle a massive blaze in France's southern Gard region that burned 600 hectares overnight.

"This fire is far from being done, there are fronts in hard-to-reach areas that we haven't tackled," says fireman.

Six hundred hectares burn overnight in France's southern Gard region. Read more at straitstimes.com.