US EditionMore than 100 injured as wildfire rages near Marseille
BOUCHES-DU-RHONE, PROVENCE-ALPES-CÔTE D'AZUR, FRANCE, JUL 9 – Wildfire fueled by heat waves and strong winds injured 110 people and forced evacuations while disrupting transport and damaging over 60 homes, officials said.
- A large wildfire spread rapidly from Les Pennes-Mirabeau toward Marseille on Tuesday, July 8, forcing evacuations and disrupting transport.
- Strong winds and dry conditions fueled the fire's expansion across about 700 hectares, prompting authorities to close roads and suspend flights and trains.
- More than 450 people were evacuated including two housing estates, firefighters defended a retirement home, and a hospital switched to generator power due to outages.
- Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau confirmed around 400 evacuees, 63 houses damaged with about a dozen destroyed, and over 100 minor injuries as the fire remained uncontrolled.
- Officials reported no deaths despite major damage and urged residents to stay indoors as containment depended on weakening winds expected overnight.
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As the south of France begins its busy summer tourist season, some 800 firefighters in the sky and on the ground have been battling a large wildfire around the city of Marseille. 110 people have been injured, including nine firefighters, 22 police officers, and some 400 people had to be evacuated from their homes. Meanwhile Syria is asking the EU for help in tackling a wildfire which has been raging for 6 days, scorching over 14,000 hectares and…
The fire, in the process of being controlled, reached 70 houses and destroyed 10. About 400 people were evacuated.
The violent fire that broke out on Thursday near Marseilles, going as far as touching the northern neighbourhoods, caused significant smoke, which affected almost all of the city. The Phocéan city saw its air quality tipping in red in the very exposed neighbourhoods, but the city centre was also not left behind. Faced with this deterioration, vulnerable populations are the most at risk and must remain very cautious, explains TF1info the director…
The fire that threatened Marseille, was on the way to being controlled Wednesday morning, with the inhabitants of the affected neighborhoods discovering scenes of desolation.
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