Drought, heat and high winds fan forest fires in southern France

In southern France, a whole bunch of firefighters had been nonetheless battling forest fires on Sunday that broke out over the weekend.

In drought situations and with temperatures above 30 levels Celsius, the primary forest fires of the summer season had been fuelled by sturdy winds.

Close to Narbonne, near the border with Spain, 300 firefighters with dozens of emergency autos, firefighting planes and helicopters fought a blaze till the early hours of Saturday, which engulfed about 120 hectares of pine forest, based on the prefecture.

No folks or buildings had been harmed, however round 100 hectares of forest had been destroyed.

On the Côte d’Azur, a blaze rapidly started on Saturday within the mountainous hinterland of the city of Grasse, identified for its fragrance trade.

It had threatened the city of Spéracèdes close to the city of Grasse however is now beneath management.

The fireplace brigade was capable of stop the flames from spreading to a number of homes and a fragrance manufacturing facility.

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