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A wildfire is raging through a pine forest near Le Porge in southwest France, forcing thousands of tourists to flee as flames soar up to ten meters and thick smoke blankets the sky. Hundreds of firefighters are battling the blaze, which may have started accidentally from a brush-clearing machine — amid a brutal summer of heatwaves that have dried out the land and fueled rapid fire spread. This isn’t an isolated incident: just last week, a similar fire scorched the Fontainebleau forest near Paris. As climate change intensifies extreme weather, these devastating fires are becoming all too common, reminding us how fragile even the most beautiful natural landscapes can be under rising temperatures.

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