'People at war have come to help': Ukrainian firefighters battle French wildfire
- A team of 70 firefighters from Ukraine is on deployment in southwest France, where wildfires have scorched 42,000 hectares in the worst blaze in decades.
- RFI met the Ukrainian rescuers helping to put out the last of the flames.
- Issued on: 07/08/2026 - 08:09 2 min Reading time Nine Ukrainian fire engines are in Gironde, the southwest department at the epicentre of France's wildfires.
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- A team of 70 firefighters from Ukraine is on deployment in southwest France, where wildfires have scorched 42,000 hectares in the worst blaze in decades.
- RFI met the Ukrainian rescuers helping to put out the last of the flames.
- Issued on: 07/08/2026 - 08:09 2 min Reading time Nine Ukrainian fire engines are in Gironde, the southwest department at the epicentre of France's wildfires.
Sources: RFI