France’s interior minister says monster wildfire has stopped growing
France’s interior minister said Monday that a monster wildfire has stopped growing after forcing 220,000 people out of their homes in the country’s southwest but cautioned that it isn’t yet beaten.
He spoke after French President Emmanuel Macron held a crisis meeting Monday focusing on the massive firefighting effort in the Gironde region and on wildfires elsewhere.
FRANCE 24's International Affairs Editor Angela Diffley tells us more.
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