US EditionViolent Fire in Marseille, Air and Rail Traffic Interrupted: "Continue in a Hardened Building, Close Shutters and Doors"
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A forest fire that forced the evacuation of 400 people and the closure of the airport north of Marseille, France's second-largest city in the southeast of the country, is slowing down, but authorities have warned of the possibility of new fires.
Fire in Marseille "Is Burning", but It Has Not Been Controlled. Tgv Circulation and Returned Flights
Hundreds of bombers continue to fight the fire and expect new difficulties for the afternoon of this quarter. More than 70 houses were affected, but only minor injuries were checked.
VIDEO - On Tuesday night, Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau reported 63 houses affected by the flames, "including a dozen burned and practically destroyed".
The severe fires that have devoured thousands of hectares in the south of France in recent hours, doped by a long period of heat and violent winds, have struck as far as Marseilles
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The inhabitants of France's second-largest city are terrified by an expanse of smoke clouds advancing to the coastal metropolis of Marseille. More than 700 firefighters with 230 emergency vehicles, fire planes and helicopters have been mobilized to stop the flames.
A fire started this Tuesday late in the morning at the Pennes-Mirabeau, a municipality bordering Marseille, took over the second city of France in the afternoon. Train traffic was suspended and the airport closed its tracks.
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