French firefighters stop wildfires' spread but they continue to burn

French firefighters have stopped the spread of the country's largest wildfire in more than seventy years, though the blaze is not yet under control, France 24 reports. It's the latest flare-up in weeks of wildfires following a string of deadly heatwaves that scientists have linked to human-made climate change.

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