France fire crews face searing heat in battle to contain flames
As the smoke eases, firefighters then move into the forest on foot to try and contain the latest flare-up. "When [the police] said I had to leave, I said...
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- As the smoke eases, firefighters then move into the forest on foot to try and contain the latest flare-up.
- "When [the police] said I had to leave, I said no!" confessed Pierre Alexandre.
- Pierre Alexandre explained it was in fact taken in the afternoon, after he told his wife and daughter to leave.
- "If it's too late, at least we tried," said a defiant Hugo, 26, as he refilled his water tank.
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As the smoke eases, firefighters then move into the forest on foot to try and contain the latest flare-up. "When [the police] said I had to leave, I said no!" confessed Pierre Alexandre. Pierre Alexandre explained it was in fact taken in the afternoon, after he told his wife and daughter to leave. "If it's too late, at least we tried," said a defiant Hugo, 26, as he refilled his water tank. Maëlys said her friends own big water tanks, which they then use to try to put out fires that flare-up to prevent them from spreading. The Gironde wildfires might be under relative control for now, but they are far from doused.