Planes scoop up water from River Seine to battle wildfire near Paris
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By Jack Guy and Pierre Bairin, CNN (CNN) — French firefighters are battling a huge blaze in a forest just south of Paris as a devastating heatwave extends its deadly sweep across Europe. More than seven square miles of the Fontainebleau forest have been burned, CNN affiliate BFMTV reported on Tuesda…
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French officials rushed two firefighting planes to the Paris region Sunday, after a fire erupted south of the French capital, disrupting traffic during a busy summer travel weekend and piling more misery on a region sweltering through its latest heatwave.
A fast-moving wildfire south of Paris scorched about 800 hectares of the Fontainebleau forest, prompting France to deploy two firefighting aircraft as crews battled to contain the blaze, officials said on Monday.
By Jack Guy and Pierre Bairin, CNN (CNN) — French firefighters are battling a huge blaze in a forest just south of Paris as a devastating heatwave extends its deadly sweep across Europe. More than 3 square miles (800 hectares) of the Fontainebleau forest have been burned, CNN affiliate BFMTV reporte…
The wildfire that has burned through 800 hectares of the Fontainebleau Forest, southeast of Paris, "could have been intentionally set," Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez said Monday during a visit to the scene. #Fontainebleau #wildfire #France
France is battling to contain an "exceptionally large wildfire" in a forest south of Paris on July 13, with aircraft in the skies and firefighters on the ground trying to douse the flames amid suspicions the blaze was started deliberately.
FONTAINEBLEAU, France — A fire raging in the historic and much-visited Fontainebleau forest south of Paris on Monday prompted evacuations of some residential neighborhoods and disrupted train and highway traffic.
A wildfire in in the Fontainebleau forest south of Paris has burnt nearly 1,000 hectares since July 12 - an area larger from Gibraltar. Hundreds of residents from nearby towns have had to be evacuated, as authorities are investigating what they think could have been an act of arson.
🇫🇷 🔥 A fast-moving wildfire continues to scorch France's Fontainebleau forest, located 60km southeast of Paris, on Monday. Authorities estimate some 1,000 hectares of land have been burned so far. FRANCE 24's Senior Reporter Catherine Norris Trent saw the devastation wreaked by the fires, and the on…
Officials say blaze in Fontainebleau forest is of ‘exceptional scale’, with 900 homes evacuated and road and rail links hit Europe live – latest updates French firefighters are tackling a blaze of unprecedented scale sweeping through Fontainebleau forest south-east of Paris, while in southern Spain …
France on Monday battled to contain a fire that scorched about 1,200 hectares in a forest south of Paris on Monday, as police arrested two people suspected of starting it. The fire erupted Sunday in the sprawling Fontainebleau forest, about 60 kilometres (40 miles) southeast of the capital, a former…
A fire raging in the historic and much-visited Fontainebleau forest south of Paris on Monday has prompted evacuations and disrupted train and highway traffic. Authorities say the fire, which has destroyed nearly five percent of the 25,000-hectare forest, could have been started by arson.
France on Monday battled two fires that scorched over 1,300 hectares in a forest south of Paris on Monday, as police arrested two people suspected of arson.
A fire is raging in the historic Fontainebleau forest south of Paris, prompting evacuations and disrupting traffic. It's part of several wildfires in western Europe during the region's third red-alert heat wave this year. In Spain, 10 people remain unaccounted…
French firefighters on Tuesday are still fighting two wildfires that have so far ravaged more than 1,900 hectares of Fontainebleau forest, a UNESCO biosphere reserve near Paris. Police on Monday arrested two people suspected of starting the blaze that has forced some 1,000 local residents to evacuat…
Wildfires raging in a forest south of Paris have devoured more land overnight, firefighters said on Tuesday, ahead of France's national day celebrations.
Firefighters continue to grapple with wildfires in the forest of Fontainebleau, 70km south of Paris, which have already burned through more than 1900 hectares. Police are now considering the possibility that the fires were started deliberately.
Firefighters are attempting to tackle a major fire burning since Sunday in the much-visited Fontainebleau forest, near France's capital Paris. Two people have been arrested for suspected arson.
FONTAINEBLEAU, France -- A fire raging Monday in the historic and much-visited Fontainebleau forest, south of Paris, prompted evacuations of some residential neighborhoods and disrupted train and highway traffic.
Two people have been arrested in France, on suspicion of deliberately having started a wildfire near Paris. In the famous Fontainebleau forest, hundreds of firefighters are working to contain the flames.
Wildfires are tearing through parts of France, with authorities pointing to suspected arson. Police have arrested two individuals in connection with the massive blaze in Fontainebleau, which has already scorched over 1,900 hectares, sending the small town into panic. Story by Caitlin Brown.
By Jack Guy and Pierre Bairin, CNN (CNN) — French firefighters are battling a huge blaze in a forest just south of Paris as a devastating heatwave extends its deadly sweep across Europe. More than seven square miles of the Fontainebleau forest have been burned, CNN affiliate BFMTV reported on Tuesda…
As wildfires tear through the Fontainebleau forest south of Paris, residents describe their fear and disbelief. Locals spoke to FRANCE 24 about their connection to the woodland and how the blaze is reshaping a place they called home.
Two fires that have burned just over 2,000 hectares since Sunday in the Fontainebleau Forest south of Paris, have been "contained", even though they are not extinguished, the local prefect said Tuesday evening.
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