France evacuates hundreds as new wildfire threatens southwestern Landes region

Authorities evacuated 525 people from the village of Luglon on Friday as wildfire tore through pine forests in southwestern France, burning 1,100 hectares and advancing to within a few kilometres of the village centre amid an unprecedented wildfire...

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France evacuates hundreds as new wildfire threatens southwestern Landes region

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