Saint-Tropez wildfire forces thousands to leave French resort hotspot

[Thaiger]

A wildfire in the Saint-Tropez region of Southern France has forced thousands of people to evacuate, says the fire service today. Bangkok post says around 750 firefighters attacked the fire. Albeit, Reuters pegs the number of firefighters as closer to 900. Aircraft also dropped water on the blaze. The high temperatures and strong winds made the situation even more difficult for people fleeing and firefighters. “Thousands of people have been evacuated as a precautionary measure, but there are no victims,” says fire service spokesperson, Delphine Vienco. Delphine adds that blaze is “still very fierce”. Further, Marc-Etienne Lansade, the mayor of […]

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[DiJoDavO]

News since a year or 2 is either covid or wildfires. Like, isn't there any positive news or something? 

It's funny how, if I look out of my window, I literally hear crickets and birds singing happily. Then I look at the internet and the whole world is burning

[Zool]

Some pretty big fires in Greece too. Is it a particularly dry season in Europe this year?