Nearly 100 firefighters were using a helicopter to contain a wildfire in the French municipalities of Cagnes-sur-Mer and Villeneuve-Loubet, close to Nice international airport, officials said on Tuesday.
sparking forest fires, evacuations, water shortages and a rise in heat-related hospital admissions.
The Provence-Alpes-Cote-d'Azur region, home to large cities such as Marseille, Nice and Aix-en-Provence, was being closely watched amid the prevalence of high temperatures and strong winds in an area historically prone to wildfires. The Bouches-du-Rhone department on Tuesday was placed under a "red alert", with authorities seeing a "very high risk" of wildfires. Over 300 firefighters were battling to contain fires near the city of Arles, police said.
There were several fire outbreaks in southeastern France on Tuesday afternoon, and authorities closed access to parks and markets to minimise the risks to residents, according to a report in Nice Matin newspaper.Our Standards:
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