Fire season has hit parts of Europe earlier than usual this year after an unusually dry, hot spring.
Over a thousand firefighters worked to tackle a wildfire burning for the fifth day in southwest France. Strong winds and hot, dry weather frustrated French firefighters’ efforts Saturday to contain a huge wildfire that raced across pine forests in the Bordeaux region for a fifth straight day, one of several wildfires scorching Europe this week.Friday when his plane crashed while on an operation in the northeast.
Firefighters focused efforts Saturday on using fire trucks to surround villages at risk and save as many homes as possible, Charles Lafourcade, overseeing the French firefighting operation, told reporters. French firefighters managed to contain one of the worst fires overnight, near the Atlantic coast resort of Arcachon that is popular with tourists, the regional emergency service said Saturday. But it said "tough meteorological conditions" thwarted efforts to contain the biggest fire in the region, which started in the town of Landiras, south of a valley of Bordeaux vineyards. Regional prosecutors suspect arson.The two fires have burned at least 9,650 hectares in recent days.
Portuguese state television RTP reported Friday that the area burned this year — more than 30,000 hectares — has already exceeded the total for 2021. Most of it burned in the past week.
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