Wildfire threatens French defence sites ArianeGroup, Dassault and Thales

Wildfires in Gironde, southwestern France, have now burned more than forty-two thousand hectares as flames push closer to Bordeaux, France 24 reports. Two hundred forty homes have already been destroyed, and the fire is now threatening sensitive defence and space industry sites, including ArianeGroup, Dassault, and Thales.

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