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Emma De Ruiter

Macron warns of wildfire of 'exceptional magnitude' as residents evacuated from Fontainebleau

French President Emmanuel Macon has called the wildfire that erupted in the sprawling Fontainebleau forest just south of Paris on Sunday a blaze of “exceptional magnitude.”

“To the residents of Seine-et-Marne, I want to express our solidarity. To the firefighters and rescue forces engaged without respite, our profound gratitude. All available resources are being mobilised,” Macron wrote in a post on X.

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