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Added on the 02/08/2019 18:09:35 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
UGC images of firefighting planes Canadair and Dash flying over a thick plume of smoke as fire rages in the Pyrénées Orientales region, in the commune of Saint-André, France. IMAGES UGC
The Minister of the Interior Gérald Darmanin pays tribute to "the firefighters, the military, the elected representatives, the police and the gendarmes who are fighting" against the forest fires in Gironde. The deputies in the National Assembly rise to applaud. SOUNDBITE
Des Canadair larguent de l'eau sur le feu de forêt à La-Teste-de-Buch, en Gironde. Deux incendies ravagent la région depuis sept jours et ont brûlé 14.000 hectares de végétation. IMAGES
Aerial images filmed from a helicopter flying over the ongoing fires in Gironde (south-west France), in the Landiras and Guillos areas, which have already ravaged 1,700 hectares of pine trees, forcing the evacuation of 6,000 campers. IMAGES
Emmanuel Macron, along with the Minister of the Interior Gérald Darmanin, visits the security headquarters in Le Luc to meet the people involved in the fight against the fire that has been ravaging the hinterland of Saint Tropez since Monday. IMAGES