MARSEILLE: At least 10,000 people, including thousands of holidaymakers, were evacuated overnight after a new wildfire broke out in southern France, which was already battling massive blazes, authorities said Wednesday. About 3,000 of the evacuees in southeast France were holidaymakers staying in campgrounds, some of whom ended up spending the night in sleeping bags on the beach. But one union official denounced what he said was a lack of spare parts preventing all the aircraft required from being put into action. Interior Minister Gerard Collomb announced on Tuesday that France would be adding six more firefighting planes to its fleet. But the blaze had already consumed 400 hectares of coastal forest in an area dotted with homes, he said.

Source: Manila Times July 26, 2017 14:26 UTC