France halts spread of 'monster' wildfire, reopens highway

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Firefighters have managed to halt the spread of a 'monster' blaze in southwest France, allowing authorities to reopen a stretch of highway to traffic ahead of a busy travel weekend.

A view shows a wildfire burning in the Jura department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comte region, France, August 11, 2022, in this still image taken from a social media video. Colonel Cyril Fournier/via REUTERSPARIS, Aug 13 - Firefighters have managed to halt the spread of a "monster" blaze in southwest France, allowing authorities to reopen a stretch of highway to traffic ahead of a busy travel weekend.

Reinforcements from across Europe helped local firefighters tackle the blaze which has ravaged forests in France's Gironde region since Tuesday and forced 10,000 people to evacuate their homes. The fire has been fanned by wind and scorching temperatures of up to 40 Celsius in recent days.The southwest of France had already been hit by fires in July that destroyed more than 20,000 hectares of forest and temporarily forced almost 40,000 people from their homes.

Over a thousand French firefighters were supported by hundreds of firefighters from across Europe, as well as trucks and waterbombing aircrafts, which continued to arrive Saturday.

 

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Good..Dear France do research to find how to stop fire before it starts..or how to stop fire immediately once it's starts..need help . Call me..

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