Paris, July 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) France has banned entry and fieldwork in the mountain forests in the southern city of Toulon over fire concerns, local authorities have said.
The mountain forests of the Bouches-du-Rhone department in the south of France are also off limits, Xinhua news agency reported, citing the French news channel BFMTV.
The Mediterranean arc has reported 600 fire disasters since the beginning of this year, a frequence that is "never seen over decades", said Gregory Allione, president of the National Federation of Firefighters of France.
Several other regions in France are also on wildfire alarm, he said, citing forecasts of record high temperatures and high wind for the coming weeks.
Source: IANS
About Gopi
Gopi Adusumilli is a Programmer. He is the editor of SocialNews.XYZ and President of AGK Fire Inc.
He enjoys designing websites, developing mobile applications and publishing news articles on current events from various authenticated news sources.
When it comes to writing he likes to write about current world politics and Indian Movies. His future plans include developing SocialNews.XYZ into a News website that has no bias or judgment towards any.
He can be reached at gopi@socialnews.xyz