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‘It looked like the apocalypse’: France’s summer of deadly heat turns into a wildfire that is making its own lightning
A deadly wildfire in southwest France forced 55,000 overnight evacuations, bringing the total to 220,000 in the Gironde region, with flames approaching Bordeaux. The fire, fueled by heat waves and strong winds, generated its own lightning and firestorms, destroying hundreds of homes and injuring 75 firefighters.
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