‘We stared into an abyss’: the heroes battling to tame France’s ‘megafire’
French firefighters contain a massive wildfire that forced 200,000 evacuations near Bordeaux, though exhausted crews battle daily outbreaks across 42,000 hectares. A senior firefighter said responders have "gone beyond what we thought possible," describing the effort as a war of attrition. Similar fires rage across southern Europe, with Greece reporting three firefighter deaths and record fire weather breaking EU records.
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Published 01 Aug 2026, 04:00 UTC · Updated 01 Aug 2026, 05:00 UTC
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