Paris, France, July 27, 2026 (AFP) - Macron heads to fire-ravaged southwest France: office

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2026-07-27

President Emmanuel Macron will on Monday go to an area ravaged by a forest fire in southwest France to show support to firefighters and local officials, his office said. The fire west of the city of Bordeaux, which has ravaged 42,000 hectares (103,000 acres) of pine forest -- an area larger than Detroit -- and destroyed 240 homes since Wednesday, has waned after drizzle overnight but has not yet been contained, authorities said. vl-sde/ah/tw ...

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