LIVE: FONTAINEBLEAU FIRE CONTAINED, BUT SOUTHERN EUROPE ON HIGH ALERT AS WILDFIRES RAGE

An uncontained wildfire four times the size of Paris threatened to surge again in southwest France on Wednesday, as three firefighters died in Greece and crews across southern Europe confronted a punishing mix of heat,… In the forest of Fontainebleau, south of Paris, firefighters were able to gain the upper ground and contain Wednesday's flare-up.

France 24 - International breaki reports that an uncontained wildfire four times the size of Paris threatened to surge again in southwest France on Wednesday, as three firefighters died in Greece and crews across southern Europe confronted a punishing mix of heat,…

The report adds: In the forest of Fontainebleau, south of Paris, firefighters were able to gain the upper ground and contain Wednesday's flare-up.

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