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 REUTERS
"The fire did not advance overnight thanks to the significant means employed," the local prefect said in a tweet Saturday. 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. Storms are expected to sweep through France on Saturday night, bringing down temperatures and prompting severe weather warnings.
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