A burning French town suffered further damage during the Gironde wildfires after the intense heat set off forgotten stocks of Second World War-era ammunition buried in the area.
Over 100,000 acres of France’s Atlantic-facing forest in the Gironde region between Bordeaux and Medoc have been burnt in weeks-long and ongoing wildfires that have destroyed hundreds of homes. Particularly badly hit was the town of of Le Porge, where over 150 dwellings burnt down, which was also hit by a series of explosions.
The mayor of Le Porge, Martial Zaninett described the series of over 100 blasts as like being in a warzone. He told FranceInfo: “There were ammunition depots buried...
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