MARSEILLE –
In the south of France and on the island of Corsica, raging, fierce forest fires. Monday was 1400 hectares of forest are destroyed.
In the village of Mirabeau were a hundred residents evacuated. Dozens of horses in a barn to a safe place. The village of Bastidonne in the region of Vaucluse, was the hardest hit, here it was 600 hectares of forest in flames. Also around the tourist town of Saint-Tropez hold the fire to him.
According to the authorities, the fires are still not under control, but the outlook is positive due to the weather conditions.