Hundreds of firefighters battle fire in southern France

Approximately 1000 firefighters and helicopters fought with a forest fire, about 40 km from Marseille, the second largest city in France, but the authorities say that lower temperatures and increased moisture have improved the condition.

A week after a separate conflict reached the northwest skirts of Marseille, the 240 hectares of forest fire flared up, forced people to leave or lock, and temporarily closed the airport of the region.

Rescue operations Colonel and Deputy Director of the Firefighters of the region Pierre Bepoix, 150 people moved, but firefighters’ forests of the forests of the 150 houses and part of the region, he said.

“It was a fire swept with relatively intense vegetation … It made our business especially complex,” He said.

He continued: “Obviously, the preservation and preservation of these houses and the lives that may happen in these buildings have been given priority.”

Local officials said that 120 houses were threatened by fire and it was not possible to detect any possible damage and two firefighters were injured.

In Spain, a forest fire that exploded in Central Taledo on Thursday evening and can be seen from Madrid city center was destroyed 3200 hectares of forest.

Regional Emergency Services said that the firefighters secured the environment in the early hours of Friday, but there were concerns about strong winds and high temperature forecasts throughout the day.