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French wildfires expose buried WWII shells

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Wildfires tearing through southwest France have exposed a buried cache of Second World War-era shells in the village of Le Porge, near Bordeaux, RFI English reports. The discovery adds an explosive hazard to an already dangerous fire scene in the Gironde region.

Source: https://www.rfi.fr/en/france/20260803-french-wildfires-ex...

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