Backed by planes dropping water and fire retardant, more than 1,000 firefighters battled wildfires Wednesday that billowed smoke into the sky over France’s southern Cote d’Azur coast and forced the evacuation of 12,000 people.
Claude Paris, Nadine Achoui-Lesage and Barry Hatton | AP, Washington Post: World
Wed, 07/26/2017 - 1:09pm
Backed by planes dropping water and fire retardant, more than 1,000 firefighters battled wildfires Wednesday that billowed smoke into the sky over France’s southern Cote d’Azur coast and forced the evacuation of 12,000 people.