France fire crews face searing heat in battle to contain flames

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Firefighters and local volunteers are battling intense wildfires in France's Gironde region, which have already destroyed 50,000 hectares. The fires are exacerbated by searing heat, with crews working to contain the flames and prevent further spread. Some residents, like Hugo and Maëlys, have returned to their hometowns to help protect their community and families, with Maëlys balancing her nursing duties with firefighting efforts. Fire crews from across France have been deployed to the area, employing techniques such as "drowning" the soil and vegetation to stop the fires. While the wildfires are currently under relative control, they remain a significant threat.

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Fire crews are using a technique called 'noyer' to prevent fires from spreading.

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Maëlys is working as a nurse in the hospital and helping to fight fires in the afternoon.

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Hugo returned from Bali to help protect his mother's house from wildfires.

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Fifty thousand hectares has already been destroyed by wildfires.

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"If it's too late, at least we tried," said a defiant Hugo, 26, as he refilled his water tank. "Fifty thousand hectares has already been destroyed, what will we tell our children?"Hugo grew up in the area and has returned from his home in Bali to watch his mother's house in the village of Arès, which is perilously close to the wildfires."It's horrible, it's our home, it's our region, it's our forest, it's where we grew up, it's where our family live, where we live, it's horrible. I feel a lot of sadness," Maëlys, 23, told us, her face covered in soot."I am a nurse and I'm here to help," she added. Maëlys said her friends own big water tanks, which they then use to try to put out fires that flare-up to prevent them from spreading."In the morning I am at the hospital working, and in the afternoon I'm in the forest helping," she said.Fire crews have arrived in the south-west from all corners of France - from Brittany in the north to cities like Marseille and Lyon in the south. When not directly dousing the flames, they water the soil and vegetation to prevent future fires from progressing.It is a process known as "noyer" which translates as "drowning" in French. The Gironde wildfires might be under relative control for now, but they are far from doused.

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