France: wildfires burn close to tourist towns in Corsica and Côte d'Azur

The blazes have devoured around 4,000 hectares of land in the middle of the holiday season

France has asked for Europe’s help in fighting wildfires that have consumed swaths of forest close to the popular resort of Saint-Tropez and on the island of Corsica.

Over 4,000 firefighters and troops backed by 19 water bombers have been mobilised to extinguish the blazes.

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