Two people have been arrested in France, on suspicion of deliberately having started a wildfire near Paris. In the famous Fontainebleau forest, hundreds of firefighters are working to contain the flames.…

French officials rushed two firefighting planes to the Paris region Sunday, after a fire erupted south of the French capital, disrupting traffic during a busy summer travel…

A fast-moving wildfire south of Paris scorched about 800 hectares of the Fontainebleau forest, prompting France to deploy two firefighting aircraft as crews battled to contain the…

The fire, which officials described as "very virulent" and of "exceptional scale", began Sunday afternoon in the sprawling Fontainebleau forest about 60 kilometres south-east of…

Firefighers are mobilised in the Fontainebleau forest south of Paris to contain a major fire that started Sunday and has since forced the evacuation of residents in the area and…

A fire is raging in the historic Fontainebleau forest south of Paris, prompting evacuations and disrupting train traffic

LA VAUDOUE, France: Firefighting aircraft battled to contain a wildfire raging in a forest south of Paris for a second day on Monday (Jul 13), with the blaze forcing some…

It was among several wildfires raging in western European countries as the region bakes under its third red-alert heat wave this year.

Around 400 firefighters descended on Fontainebleau on Sunday as a fire broke out in the Ile de France forest. It comes just ahead of the July 14 national holiday and on the first…

French firefighters are battling a huge blaze in a forest just south of Paris as a devastating heatwave extends its deadly sweep across Europe.

Wildfires spread over 800 hectares near Fontainebleau, as authorities sent two waterbombing planes to tackle blazes.

. Da alcune ore un vasto rogo interessa la foresta di Fontainebleau, nell'Île-de-France, a circa 60 chilometri a sud-est di Parigi.

A wildfire burned about 800 hectares of Fontainebleau forest southeast of Paris by Monday, forcing residents from their homes, closing roads and disrupting rail services as crews…

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A suspected arson wildfire has scorched 800 hectares of France's iconic Fontainebleau forest amid an intense heatwave. Officials warn of a severe wildfire season.

French Interior Minister Laurent Nunez said authorities were exploring the possibility that the fire in the Fontainebleau forest, south of Paris, was intentionally started. This…

France is battling to contain an "exceptionally large wildfire" in a forest south of Paris on July 13, with aircraft in the skies and firefighters on the ground trying to douse…

A wildfire in in the Fontainebleau forest south of Paris has burnt nearly 1,000 hectares since July 12 - an area larger from Gibraltar. Hundreds of residents from nearby towns…

Huit cents pompiers se battent depuis le dimanche 12 juillet pour maîtriser la série d'incendies exceptionnels qui frappent la forêt de Fontainebleau (Seine-et-Marne). Le feu a…

Les incendies qui font rage depuis dimanche dans la forêt de Fontainebleau ont parcouru mardi matin plus de 1900 hectares. Les pompiers espèrent que le feu sera fixé dans la…

By Monday afternoon the fire had raced across almost 1,000 hectares, forcing some residents from their homes in the normally quiet forest.