Wildfire raging south of Paris could have been set deliberately, says minister

A wildfire burning south of Paris may have been started deliberately, according to a government minister cited by BBC News. The broadcaster notes it was the first time firefighting planes were dispatched from the country's normally hotter, drier south to tackle blazes in the Paris region.

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