First the storms, now the fires. President Emmanuel Macron has described the blazes in the Fontainebleau Forest as some of the worst since the end of World War II. The president visited the scene to…
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Cover image: Un pompier arrose le sol après un incendie de forêt dans la région de la forêt de Fontainebleau, au sud de Paris, le14 juillet 2026. © Emma Da Silva, AP
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Issued on: 17/07/2026 - 12:01Modified: 17/07/2026 - 12:40
France is battling to contain an "exceptionally large wildfire" in a forest south of Paris on July 13, with aircraft in the skies…
Firefighters continue to grapple with wildfires in the forest of Fontainebleau, 70km south of Paris, which have already burned…
French President Emmenuel Macron visited Fontainebleau on the outskirts of Paris, after devastating wildfires that scorched at…
Wildfires are tearing through parts of France, with authorities pointing to suspected arson. Police have arrested two individuals…
Around 400 firefighters descended on Fontainebleau on Sunday as a fire broke out in the Ile de France forest. It comes just ahead…
Two people have been arrested in France, on suspicion of deliberately having started a wildfire near Paris. In the famous…
