REPLAY: 'Unprecedented' fire stable but not fully contained, says French Interior minister
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. “It hasn’t progressed during the night,” the minister, Laurent Nuñez, said. “We have to remain very concentrated, very determined, to go at any moment.”
Massive Wildfires Force 220,000 Evacuations in France
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