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Added on the 19/08/2021 14:39:06 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
The Var fire brigade has released images of a violent blaze that broke out in the Var region in southern France. Hundreds of firefighters have been battling the flames in the hinterland of Saint-Tropez since Monday, where thousands of people, including tourists, have been evacuated. IMAGES
In Gonfaron, in France's southern Var region, firemen tackle blazes fanned by the mistral wind. More than 600 firefighters from the Var and neighbouring departments (Bouches-du-Rhône, Alpes-Maritimes, Hautes-Alpes, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Gard) as well as from the south-west are mobilized. IMAGES
Images of the 106 air base in Mérignac, southwestern France, where European reinforcement helicopters and water bombers arrive to refuel before leaving to fight against the spread of the fires. IMAGES
Firefighters tackle a blaze in the 16th arrondissement of Paris. Nine people are reportedly injured, though not seriously, according to the fire brigade. IMAGES
Firefighters resume the search for possible other victims in the rubble of the buildings which burned in Saint-Laurent-de-la-Salanque, in the eastern Pyrenees region of southern France, killing eight people. They also secure the site. IMAGES
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