French firefighters have resorted to putting gas cylinders into swimming pools to stop them from exploding. The country is currently experiencing massive wildfires which have forced the evacuation of 37,000 people.
French firefighters have resorted to increasingly desperate measures in the face of massive wildfires which have forced the evacuation of 37,000 people.
One team was seen dumping canisters of cooking gas from a five-star beachside hotel in Pyla-sur-Mer into its swimming pool on Monday, as forecasters described an ‘apocalypse of heat’ in the area with temperatures nearing 44C. Pyla is sandwiched between the Atlantic ocean and an ‘octopus’ of fires fuelled by dry pine forests and swirling winds, covering an area 6 miles long and 5 miles wide.
Holidaymakers on a crowded beach in nearby Arcachon watched as a thick black cloud blocked out the sun.The hotel had to be evacuated along with nearby campsites and beach towns A wall of towering flames is nearing campsites and beach resorts More than 1,200 firefighters have been unable to control the blaze, as well as another inland at Landiras which has raged since early last week.One official told a local radio station: ‘It’s a real octopus. There’s not necessarily one head of fire.
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