Wildfires in France: French farmers provide water tankers to help fight fire

One of France's largest forest fires since World War Two is still burning near Lège-Cap-Ferret. France 24 reports that local farmers are pitching in, driving water tankers to keep firefighters' hoses supplied. Lège-Cap-Ferret sits on the Atlantic coast in the Gironde, a region whose pine forests have seen major blazes in recent years.

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