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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
Ma. Patrice Anne A. Martin

'Nobody Does It Like the French': 8,000 Firefighters March on Bastille in Fiery Protest

Place de la Bastille in Paris, where thousands of firefighters joined a wider public-sector demonstration on 29 September after marching from Place d'Italie. (Credit: Bruno Charlier/Pexels)

Firefighters are usually called in when things get heated. This time, thousands of them took centre stage in France.

Around 8,000 firefighters marched through Paris on 29 September, filling the streets with smoke and flares as they called for more staff, equipment and better working conditions, according to police figures reported in the French media.

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