The 19-year-old volunteer allegedly used gasoline and a lighter to ignite vegetation in the historic forest southeast of Paris, where 800 firefighters remain deployed amid fears of underground ‘zombie fires’

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

Firefighters battle a major blaze in Fontainebleau near Paris, with two arrests amid a record year for wildfires in France.

El fuego ya está perimetrado, pero ha quemado más de 2.000 hectáreas del histórico bosque cerca de París

La Justicia detuvo en total a seis personas por el hecho, aunque dos ya fueron liberadas.Se han movilizado unos 800 bomberos para combatir el fuego, que arrasó con más de 2.000…

Ein 19 Jahre alter freiwilliger Feuerwehrmann gesteht laut Staatsanwaltschaft, das Feuer von Fontainebleau gelegt zu haben. Flammen verwüsteten mehr als 2050 Hektar in dem Wald…

The 19-year-old volunteer allegedly used gasoline and a lighter to ignite vegetation in the historic forest southeast of Paris, where 800 firefighters remain deployed amid fears…

FONTAINEBLEAU (France), July 16 — A volunteer firefighter who was suspected of starting a fire in France’s historic Fontainebleau forest, was placed under formal investigation...