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Exhausted crews battle wildfire as heat grips southwest France
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Firefighters in southwest France are struggling to contain massive wildfires near Bordeaux amid record-breaking heat. The fires have caused the largest peacetime evacuations in French history, with crews facing physical exhaustion.
Smouldering hot spots in the forest floor repeatedly burst into flame as crews moved quickly from one to another. Firefighters from across France doused the flames, then poured bottled water over themselves during breaks beside trucks parked on the sun-baked pavement.
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