Massive fires destroy forests in southern France and Corsica

Thousands of tourists and residents in the Provence-Alpes-Côte dAzur region have had to be evacuated due to wildfires. Some 4,000 hectares of land have been burned along the Mediterranean coast and on the island of Corsica.

Reuters

• July 26, 2017 21:23 IST

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Thousands of tourists and residents in the Provence-Alpes-Côte dAzur region have had to be evacuated due to wildfires. Some 4,000 hectares of land have been burned along the Mediterranean coast and on the island of Corsica.