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Added on the 18/08/2021 18:14:13 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Romanian firefighters arrive to reinforce French firefighters battling a 40-kilometer (25 mile) active fire front in southwestern France. France has been buffeted this summer by the historic drought that has forced water use restrictions nationwide, as well as a series of heatwaves that experts say are being driven by climate change. IMAGES
Images filmed by the Gironde fire department show fires raging in the Landiras area, where nearly 500 people have been evacuated. 4.200 hectares have burned in three days in the area. IMAGES
Firefighters battle to extinguish a fire in an old people's home in Haguenau, in the Bas-Rhin region, which has left one man, an 88-year-old, dead in his room. 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
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