France deploying massive cargo aircraft to dump flame retardants on wildfire, after nearly 200,000 evacuations
France is deploying an A400M to drop retardant as officials say the fires have injured dozens and destroyed more than 19,000 hectares.
- French Interior Minister Laurent Nunez announced that the government is deploying a specially adapted Airbus A400M military cargo aircraft to drop massive loads of long-term flame retardant ahead of the advancing wildfire.
- The emergency aerial deployment comes after a sharp shift in wind conditions transformed the blaze into a large, self-sustaining inferno that is now aggressively pushing east toward the Bordeaux metropolitan area.
- The multi-front crisis has forced a staggering 197,000 people to flee their homes across the southwestern Gironde and neighboring Landes regions, overwhelming local infrastructure and triggering large-scale boat evacuations on the Atlantic coast.
- Ground crews, reinforced by mobilized military units, are racing against time to dig defensive trenches and spray chemical barriers roughly 30 kilometers west of Bordeaux to halt the fire's forward progress.
- In addition to the specialized heavy aircraft, the French government has rushed more than 1.5 million protective face masks to the region to shield emergency responders and remaining residents from choking blankets of dense smoke.
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France was preparing to deploy a massive specially adapted cargo aircraft to dump flame retardants on Saturday against a raging wildfire that has forced the evacuation of tens of thousands of people, including from some suburbs of the wine region city of Bordeaux. According to a report from The Associated Press, wildfires across southern Europe […]
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France deploys military aircraft as wildfire threatens Bordeaux
PARIS — France prepared Saturday to deploy a specially adapted A400M military cargo aircraft to drop flame retardants on a massive wildfire threatening Bordeaux, as fires across France and Spain forced more than 250,000 people from their homes this week.French authorities have ordered evacuations from parts of Bordeaux's western suburbs and nearby towns as the fast-moving blaze in the Gironde region advanced toward the city, fueled by shifting w…
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