Nearly 198,000 people have been allowed home after firefighters contained a major wildfire in southwestern France, following a possible record peacetime evacuation.
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"The situation is absolute chaos," said Rachid Sbihi, head of the association that represents Spain's Civil Guard officers in the tiny Spanish territory.
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Entire communities have been forced to flee, with President Emmanuel Macron describing the situation as France's most challenging wildfire crisis since World War Two.
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The blaze raging since last week has been wildly unpredictable, transforming at times into a self-feeding fire storm as it burned through an area four times the size of Paris
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"We're facing a completely unprecedented fire," Emmanuel Macron said, describing the situation as France's worst fire-related crisis since World War II.
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