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A fire blazes at Les Pennes-Mirabeau, near Marseille, southern France on August 11, 2016. France mobilised 1,500 firefighters August 10, 2016 to deal with wildfires in the countryside north of Marseille that have gutted buildings and forced more than 1,000 people to flee their homes. Whipped up by strong winds, the blaze took hold around 3:30 pm (13:30 GMT) and has spread over 2,260 hectares (5,600 acres) of scrubland, grass and some wooded areas, according to firefighters. The blaze – which comes after low rainfall in winter and spring left southeast France extremely dry – sent a huge pall of smoke into the sky over the port city of Marseille. (Photo by Boris Horvat/AFP Photo)
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