Tour de France stage to go ahead with changes as fires ravage southern Europe

The Tour de France's third stage will go ahead Monday in an adapted format after wildfires swept through southern France. According to France 24, the fires have burned fifteen hundred hectares near the Pyrenees and forced evacuations across the region. The blazes are part of a wider fire crisis across southern Europe, driven by extreme heat, and officials warn of a potentially prolonged and intense wildfire season.

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