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'Never before have 11,000 hectares burned this early in the summer in southern France in at least the past 20 years'
A record 11,000 hectares burned in southern France this early in the summer, marking the first such occurrence in at least the past 20 years. A firefighter was seen combating flames near Perpignan on July 6, 2026.
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