Hundreds of firefighters in France are battling the country's largest wildfire this year. The fire burned over 2,500 acres of land along the Mediterranean coast.
France's government sounded the alarm Monday about the growing risk ofbecause of climate change, as hundreds of firefighters in the country's parched south wrestled with their biggest woodland-destroying blaze so far this year.
On a visit Monday to the zone, French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin said:"The fire season is starting early because of climate warming."Forest fires have long regularly afflicted France but generally used to start later in the year. However, major wildfires in Europe are now starting earlier in the year, becoming more frequent and harder to stop, and doing more damage. Scientists say they’ll likely get worse as climate change intensifies.
A firefighter is shown trying to put out a forest fire on April 16, 2023, near Cerbere, France. Hundreds of firefighters have been battling the country's biggest forest fire of the year.
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