Firefighters want more funding and better work conditions after being hailed for their efforts fighting wildfires throughout a historically warm summer.
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Firefighters want more funding and better work conditions after being hailed for their efforts fighting wildfires throughout a historically warm summer.
Press conference held by representatives of firefighters unions in front of the Ministry of the Interior at Place Beauvau in Paris on August 13, 2026. | Carine Schmitt/Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty Images
August 13, 2026
5:34 pm CET
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