In Area Hit by Blaze, French Officials Failed to Enforce Wildfire Rules

2026-07-31 10:25 • ;Catherine Porter, Ségolène Le Stradic and Samuel Granados
Under French rules, homeowners must clear vegetation within roughly 50 yards of their houses. In the forests affected by France’s worst fire in decades, that didn’t happen.
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