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France wildfires: Struggle to contain fires in southwest amid record heat

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France scrambled more water-bombing planes and hundreds more firefighters to combat spreading wildfires that were being fed Monday by hot swirling winds from a searing heat wave broiling much of Europe. FRANCE 24's Sophie Lamotte reports from Arcachon, France.

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