French Government Under Pressure As Wildfires Force Mass Evacuations

by Stefan J. Bos, Worthy News Europe Bureau ChiefPARIS (Worthy News) – The French government faced mounting political pressure Thursday after nearly 3,000 people were evacuated from wildfires in southern France, prompting Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu to warn that this year’s fire season had begun weeks earlier than usual following a record-breaking heatwave blamed for killing thousands of people in France and neighboring Spain.Tourists and local residents fled after a wildfire broke ou