Two firefighters have died whereas battling an enormous blaze near Bordeaux’s airport in south-west France, officers have stated.
Reports in French media say the blaze, near one of many parking heaps on the airport, originated from a brush fireplace after which unfold to a constructing.
Pictures shared on social media present passengers getting off a aircraft as a large plume of smoke rises close by. Various flights scheduled to reach at Bordeaux–Mérignac airport have been delayed.
Some 100 firefighters, backed by specialist plane, are reported to be making an attempt to extinguish the blaze.
The nation’s Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez stated he had been knowledgeable concerning the deaths by officers within the Gironde division.
Speaking throughout Tuesday’s question-and-answer session on the French parliament, Nuñez additionally stated he would journey to Gironde “as soon as possible” to supervise the firefighting efforts.
Gironde is one among a number of French departments ravaged by wildfires in latest days, on account of a collection of bizarre and extended heatwaves.
