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Photos: Fires ravage southern France

Updated on: 11 August,2016 02:14 PM IST  | 
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Fires whipped by high winds ravaged swaths of southern France and Portugal, killing at least four people, burning scores of homes and forcing the evacuation of thousands, including tourists

Photos: Fires ravage southern France

Fires whipped by high winds ravaged swaths of southern France and Portugal, killing at least four people, burning scores of homes and forcing the evacuation of thousands, including tourists.


Here are some photos from France



A woman reacts as she looks at the damage of her burnt house following the fire. Pics/AFP



In France, multiple fires formed a column marching toward the Mediterranean port city of Marseille, yesterday


Hundreds of miles away, a fire swept overnight into Funchal, the capital of Portugal's Madeira Islands, killing three elderly people and leaving more than 300 with minor burns and smoke inhalation


A man looks at the damage of his burnt house following the fire

 

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