France's southwest fire evacuees begin returning home

Authorities in France's Gironde region are allowing evacuees to return home as wildfires are stabilized, though not completely extinguished. The fires consumed approximately 40,000 hectares of land in the scorched southwest.

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Fire evacuees start returning home in France's scorched southwest

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Authorities say that the fires in the Gironde have been stabilised but is not entirely out yet. The French interior minister says some 40 thousand hectares went up in smoke. Meanwhile, some of those evacuated have been allowed to return home, while others are still waiting.