Chinanews, August 17th, a comprehensive report, in the summer of 2021, the Mediterranean region encountered high temperatures and strong winds, and wild fires spread in many countries.
A wildfire broke out near Saint-Tropez in the southern French resort and burned more than 4,000 hectares. The authorities said on the 17th that thousands of people had been evacuated preventively, and the fire is still very violent.
The French fire department said on the 17th that thousands of people, including tourists from camping sites, have been evacuated by wildfires near Saint-Tropez, a luxury resort in the south of the country.
On August 16, local time, Saint-Tropez, a tourist resort in South France, was raging in the mountains of Saint-Tropez, a tourist attraction in South France.
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According to Agence France-Presse, about 750 firefighters, together with the firefighting aircraft, fought the fire under difficult conditions of high temperatures and strong winds.
A spokesperson for the fire department said that as a precautionary measure, thousands of people have been evacuated and there are no victims.
But it also added that the fire was "still very violent."
France is the latest case of extreme weather and wildfires in several countries in the Mediterranean, including Greece, Turkey, Spain, Portugal, Algeria and Morocco, which suffered wildfire disasters this summer.
Climate scientists warn that these conditions will become more common due to man-made global warming.
The fire department pointed out that wildfires broke out 100 kilometers away from the Mediterranean city of Toulon on the 15th and quickly spread. As of the early morning of the 17th local time, they had covered more than 4,000 hectares of forest and bushes.