Worst Fires in Decades Burn French Forests
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<i> United Press International</i>
TOULON, France — Mediterranean winds Friday fanned the flames of France’s worst forest fires in 26 years, killing one person and threatening several towns.
Flames up to 65 feet high have roared out of control, burning more than 32,000 acres of southern France since Tuesday. A lack of rain and high winds have hampered the effort to control the flames.
A long, dry spell and the steep mountain slopes also have made controlling the fires difficult for the 2,000 firefighters and the pilots dropping thousands of gallons of water on the blazes.
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