Europe wildfires: Firefighters bring flames under control with difficulties

Amelia Jenne is in Marcheprime, near Bordeaux, which is among the communities hit by a major wildfire in southwestern France, where more than 220,000 people were evacuated as firefighters fought to contain the flames.

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The blaze destroyed over 200 properties and came within 15 kilometres of Bordeaux’s metropolitan area, leaving residents to return to a landscape of smoke, damage and destruction as the fire was brought under control.

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