(MENAFN- Jordan News Agency)
Amman, Aug. 11 (Petra)-- More than 1,000 firefighters are battling a wildfire in south-western France that has already destroyed nearly 7,000 hectares of forest, officials said.
The raging blaze near the city of Bordeaux has gutted a number of homes and forced 10,000 residents to flee.
'It's an ogre, it's a monster,' firefighter representative Gregory Allione told France's RTL Radio.
Strong winds and high temperatures are hampering the firefighting operation.
French President Emmanuel Macron announced that Austria, Germany, Greece, Poland and Romania 'are coming to aid' France in battling the blaze. 'European solidarity at work!' he tweeted.
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