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Added on the 18/07/2022 16:12:23 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
The Minister of the Interior Gérald Darmanin pays tribute to "the firefighters, the military, the elected representatives, the police and the gendarmes who are fighting" against the forest fires in Gironde. The deputies in the National Assembly rise to applaud. SOUNDBITE
Images filmed by the Gironde fire department show fires raging in the Landiras area, where nearly 500 people have been evacuated. 4.200 hectares have burned in three days in the area. IMAGES
Outgoing French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin arrives in Frontignan, Hérault, to greet firefighters, as a fire was put out during the night after ravaging 350 hectares of pine forest without causing any injuries. IMAGES
Firefighters and police use hoses and rakes in an attempt to put out a fire in Nemocon, 60 kilometers north of Colombia's capital Bogota. The South American country has appealed for international aid as it continues to battle dozens of forest fires burning vast swathes of land and encroaching on homes in the capital. IMAGES
Firefighters attempt to put out wildfires that have broken out in the Cerros Orientales, causing smoky conditions in the Colombian capital of Bogota. IMAGES
Supporters of Zambian President Lungu hold a rally in Lusaka during a tense presidential race, which has been marked by clashes between rival supporters. The presidential election will take place on Thursday. IMAGES.