French Riviera wildfire not spreading but still uncontrolled
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Firefighters have tamed but not fully controlled a huge wildfire blazing through the backcountry of the French Riviera
LE LUC, France -- Firefighters have tamed but not fully controlled a huge wildfire blazing through the backcountry of the French Riviera, a regional administrator said Friday. The prefect of the Var region, Evence Richard, told reporters that the fire was considered stabilized, meaning not spreading. But he warned that rising temperatures and a changing wind forecast for the weekend could bring more bad news. “We can’t exclude a new restart of the fire,” he said. The fire has killed two people since it started Monday, a man in his 50s who died at his home in Grimaud, about 12 kilometers (7.5 miles) inland from Saint Tropez, and a 32-year-old woman on vacation in the same village.More Related News