France seeks EU aid for wildfires
France has requested assistance from the European Union to combat a large forest fire near the Atlantic coast, where the situation remains tense with fires still burning, especially in Gironde. The European Civil Protection Mechanism has been activated to bolster firefighting efforts, with aerial support including two planes from Croatia, two from Portugal, as well as two helicopters from the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Authorities have managed to evacuate more than 10,000 people in southwestern France after the fire engulfed over 6,000 acres of land west of Bordeaux.
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