- Title: FRANCE: FOREST FIRES SWEEP RIVIERA.
- Date: 11th July 1964
- Summary: 1. GV SMOKE FROM FOREST FIRE WITH CANNES ON THE HORIZON 0.05 2. LV. PAN OF SMOKE FROM FIRE. 0.16 3. CU SIGN "LE REYAN" PAN TO ROAD WITH FIRE IN B/G 0.23 4. SV. MEN BEATING FLAMES. 0.29 5. CU FIRE BURNING TREES. 0.33 6. CU MEN DIGGING TRENCH. 0.37 7. LV TREES ON FIRE. 0.42 8. CU BURNING TELEGRAPH POLE 0.48 9. LV TREES BURNING. 0.53 10. GV VILLAGE OF AGAY. PAN TO HOLIDAYMAKERS WATCHING. 0.58 11. CU MAN AND WOMAN WATCHING. 1.00 12. LV COASTLINE AND SMOKE ON HILLSIDE..PAN TO PEOPLE WATCHING. 1.06 13. LV ROAD AND FIRE IN B/G. 1.10 14. CU. SUN THROUGH SMOKE. 1.12 15. SV SOLDIERS JUMPING FROM TRUCK. 1.18 16. 1.22 17. LV TREES BURNING. 1.24 18. LV TRACK AND RAILWAY SLEEPERS BURNING. 1.31 19. LV HOUSE BURNING. 1.36 20. LV FIREMAN ON ROOF. 1.39 21. CU PAN SHEDS BURNING. 1.45 22. LV HOLIDAYMAKERS WATCHING. 1.47 23. DITTO. 1.51 24. GV SMOKE. HOLIDAYMAKERS IN F/G. 1.55 Initials DR/S/JH/CS Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
- Embargoed: 26th July 1964 13:00
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- Location: COTE D'AZUR, FRANCE
- Country: France
- Reuters ID: LVA2R374EJKPXVKF0WRL3PIMQVZZ
- Story Text: FRENCH TROOPS HAVE JOINED LOCAL FIRE FIGHTERS BATTLING AGAINST A SERIES OF FOREST FIRES WHICH, DRIVEN BY STRONG WINDS, ARE SPREADING IN THE HILLS BETWEEN FREJUS AND HYERES, IN THE SOUTH OF FRANCE.
THE CLOUDS OF DENSE SMOKE WERE CLEARLY VISIBLE FROM NICE AND CANNES. HUNDREDS OF CIVILIANS AND HOLIDAYMAKERS JOINED BRIGADES FIGHTING THE FLAMES, AS SPARKS FROM BURNING TREES STARTED HUNDREDS OF SMALLER FIRES. A COMMAND POST HAS BEEN SET UP AT AGAY TO DIRECT THE OPERATIONS.
NEAR AGAY, THE FIRE WAS SWEPT ALONG A 900 YARD FRONT AT ABOUT SIX MILES AN HOUR. RECENT DRY WEATHER HAS TURNED BRUSHWOOD AND TREES TO TINDER. FARMER'S FAMILIES WERE EVACUATED FROM OUTLINING VILLAGES BUT THE FIRE FIGHTERS WERE UNABLE TO SAVE MANY HOMES AND HOLIDAY VILLAS.
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