Two firefighters died on Tuesday while tackling a fire that broke out near France's Bordeaux international airport, officials said on Tuesday.
According to reports by French media, the blaze broke out from a brush fire near one of the airport's parking lots, before spreading to a building.
Several access routes to the airport were closed to facilitate the emergency services' intervention. The airport said in a statement that the fire was causing delays to some flights.
Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez announced expressed his "immense sadness", sending "sincere thoughts to their families, their loved ones, their brothers and sisters in arms, as well as to all the staff of the Gironde Departmental Fire and Rescue Service".
"I also want to commend the exceptional work done by their colleagues on the ground who are demonstrating exemplary courage and dedication in these particularly difficult conditions," he continued in a message posted on his X account.
