- Title: Firefighters prepare for another day of wildfires in Hostens, France
- Date: 11th August 2022
- Summary: HOSTENS, GIRONDE, FRANCE (AUGUST 11, 2022) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF FIREFIGHTERS IN FIRE ENGINE, PREPARING TO LEAVE WHEELS OF FIRE ENGINE MOVING FIRE ENGINE DRIVING AWAY / VEHICLES PARKED FIREFIGHTERS STANDING OUTSIDE COMMAND POST VEHICLE VARIOUS OF FIREFIGHTERS LOOKING AT MAP OF AREA VEHICLES PARKED VARIOUS OF FIREFIGHTERS CLEANING FIRE ENGINE FILTERS VARIOUS OF FIREFIGHTERS PREPARING FIRE ENGINE BEFORE DEPARTURE FIREFIGHTER ROLLING UP GROUND MAT RETURNING FIREFIGHTERS BRIEFING OUTGOING TEAM BY BOOT OF VEHICLE FIREFIGHTERS HANDS REFERRING TO MAP AS RETURNING FIREFIGHTERS BRIEF OUTGOING TEAM VARIOUS OF FIREFIGHTERS EATING BREAKFAST FIRE ENGINES VARIOUS OF FIREFIGHTERS SLEEPING OUTDOORS IN THEIR COTS VARIOUS OF SIGN IN FRONT OF HOUSE READING (French): "THANK YOU FOR OUR HOMES" SIGN IN FRONT OF HOUSE READING (French): "THANK YOU TO THE FIREFIGHTERS AND EVERYONE" VARIOUS OF SUNRISE THROUGH LINGERING SMOKE OF WILDFIRES
- Embargoed: 25th August 2022 08:12
- Keywords: FIREFIGHTERS FRANCE France wildfire GIRONDE HOSTENS PREPARATIONS WILDFIRES climate change heatwave
- Location: HOSTENS, GIRONDE, FRANCE
- City: HOSTENS, GIRONDE, FRANCE
- Country: France
- Topics: Disaster/Accidents,Europe,Wildfires/Forest Fires,Editors' Choice
- Reuters ID: LVA001787811082022RP1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Hostens firefighters prepared for another day of wildfires on Thursday (August 11) in the Gironde region of Southwestern France.
The blazes have destroyed homes and forced the evacuation of some 10,000 residents; razing about 6,200 hectares of land.
France, like the rest of Europe, has been struggling this summer with successive heatwaves and its worst drought on record. Dozens of wildfires are ablaze across the country, including at least eight major ones.
Firefighters say more evacuations are expected.
The Gironde wildfire is one of many that have broken out across Europe this summer, triggered by heatwaves that have baked the continent and brought record temperatures.
More than 57,200 hectares have gone up in flames so far in France this year, nearly six times the full-year average for 2006-2021, data from the European Forest Fire Information System shows.
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