Disaster● LowJul 30 · Jul 30, 2026, 10:19 AM
Tens of thousands of French wildfire evacuees allowed to return home
GlobeAlert Desk · curated from France 24 [en]
French authorities gave the go-ahead Thursday for 84,000 evacuees forced out by a monster wildfire to go back to their homes in southwest France, the strongest sign yet that firefighters are turning a corner in their battle against the flames that have burned an area four times the size of Paris. FRANCE 24's Carys Garland reports.
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