Wildfires Force Thousands to Evacuate in Southern France<br />At least 10,000 people, including 3,000 campers, were evacuated overnight — some to beaches nearby — after a forest fire started<br />near Bormes-les-Mimosas, a town on the Mediterranean coast, where the population surges with vacationers during the summer.<br />Another fire started early on Wednesday in the Bouches-du-Rhône area, near the town of Martigues, west of the port of Marseille, according<br />to firefighters, who said they were able to contain the blaze after it had burned through about 100 acres of pine forest.<br />France has requested two water bombers from its European neighbors to help battle the fires, and Mr. Collomb announced on Tuesday in Corsica<br />that six Canadair water bombers would be added to the country’s air fleet.<br />By AURELIEN BREEDEN and BENOÎT MORENNEJULY 26, 2017<br />PARIS — Thousands of people were evacuated from homes<br />and vacation sites in southeastern France on Wednesday as strong winds fueled wildfires that had been raging across the region for days.<br />In fires near the towns of La Croix-Valmer and Artigues, at least 10 firefighters were injured on Tuesday,<br />but those fires were under control, the Var prefecture said on Wednesday.
