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Wildfires rage across southern France
The European Commission has pre-positioned a record 777 firefighters from 14 European countries in high-risk areas in preparation for expected further wildfires.
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What happenedWildfires rage across southern France.
The headline splitThe center frames it as "Wildfires rage across southern France". The right frames it as "Southern Europe up in flames: Villas evacuated in Spain and firefighter killed in France...".
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CenterWildfires rage across southern France
France 24 · Center · News report
Right / center-rightSouthern Europe up in flames: Villas evacuated in Spain and firefighter killed in France as Foreign Office warns Brit tourists of...
Southern Europe up in flames: Villas evacuated in Spain and firefighter killed in France as Foreign Office warns Brit tourists of 'high risk' from wildfires amid new 43C heatwave
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The European Commission has pre-positioned a record 777 firefighters from 14 European countries in high-risk areas in preparation for expected further wildfires.
Firefighters in France are still fighting large wildfires, with a blaze in Pyrénées-Orientales in the south of the country not yet fully contained with 12,000 people evacuated. Fires are al...
