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WORLDJul 29 · 08:23 UTCAP NEWS

A heat wave threatens to reignite France’s mega-fire near Bordeaux

Firefighters in southwest France battle a mega-fire four times the size of Paris amid a heat wave with temperatures exceeding 40°C, forcing 220,000 evacuations. The blaze, which generated a rare pyrocumulonimbus cloud, remains uncontained despite calm overnight conditions, with risks heightened by forecasted winds and heat.

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