As France battles its biggest crisis since World War 2, James C. Reynolds describes his time with the relentless volunteer firefighters in Gironde who are using everything from watering cans to water bowsers to dampen the flames

Firefighters called in as reinforcements from Paris battle the massive wildfire in Gironde, which has already ravaged 42,000 hectares and forced 220,000 people to flee their homes.

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