France saw record temperatures for September hit the country, notably the southwest, amid a heatwave drifting up from Morocco, the Meteo-France weather service said on Monday.
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BORDEAUX, France - A fire that destroyed thousands of hectares of tinder-dry forest in southwest France has flared again amid a fierce drought and the summer's latest wave of extreme heat, officials said Wednesday.
An additional 6,000 hectares (15,000 acres) of pine forest have burned in the so-ca
Wildfires raged in southwestern France on Tuesday, destroying sixteen houses, burning 6,000 hectares and forcing the evacuation of almost 6,000 people in an area already hit last month by huge blazes.