France: Smoke clouds fill skies wildfire burns close to holiday hotspot

15 Aug 2023 • 9:48 PM MYT
The Independent
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Smoke filled the sky after a wildfire erupted between Saint-Andre and Argeles-sur-Mer in France on Monday afternoon (14 August).

Thousands were evacuated from local holiday campsites and the city of Argeles, near the Spanish border.

Pyrenees-Orientales fire crews were able to contain the fire early on Tuesday, but the blaze destroyed around 50 mobile homes in the Les Chenes Rouges campsite in Argeles-sur-Mer, according to reports.

Around 450 firefighters worked to bring the inferno under control, with 17 suffering minor injuries as a result of the effort.

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