Firefighters battle blazes in southeast France

By Agence France-Presse

Aug 15, 2022 12:22 am

HOSTENS, France: French firefighters tackled wildfires raging in the country's southeast on Saturday (Sunday in Manila) as officials kept a wary eye on a huge blaze that appeared to be contained further west.

France has been buffeted this summer by a historic drought that has forced water use restrictions nationwide, as well as a series of heat waves, that experts say are being driven by climate change.

CALCULATED MOVE French tactical firefighters walk after lighting a controlled fire to slow the advance of a wildfire near Belin-Beliet, southwestern France, on Saturday, Aug. 13, 2022. AFP PHOTO

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