France issues top wildfire alert

France has declared the highest alert level for wildfires (red alert) in the Moselle and Mert-et-Moselle regions due to unfavorable weather conditions, with an unusually high risk of fires igniting and spreading this summer. One fire has been recorded in the Cozy forest in the eastern part of the country, where the flames have consumed an area of 50 hectares amid an unprecedented heatwave. President Emmanuel Macron stated that the number of wildfires this year is the highest in more than eight decades, leading to the evacuation of tens of thousands of residents due to the rapid spread of the flames.

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