With the two wildfires burning southeast of Paris now contained, for investigators, the focus is on how they started. Five people have been arrested, suspected of setting the blazes intentionally, including a volunteer fire fighter. Prosecutors say that a second suspect admitted to accidentally starting a fire by…
De bosbranden die woeden ten zuiden van Parijs zijn ‘onder controle’, maar nog niet geblust, zegt het hoofd van het departement Seine-et-Marne. Dat betekent vooral dat ze zich niet meer verder uitbreiden. Het kan nog dagen tot weken duren totdat ze helemaal geblust zijn, voegt hij eraan toe.
A fire raging in the historic and much-visited Fontainebleau forest south of Paris on Monday has prompted evacuations and disrupted train and highway traffic. Authorities say the fire, which has destroyed nearly five percent of the 25,000-hectare forest, could have been started by arson. It comes as the region is…
A major wildfire has spread through France's Fontainebleau forest south of Paris, prompting a large emergency response, disrupting road and rail traffic, and forcing authorities to deploy firefighting aircraft.
