The monster was lurking in the woods, asleep.
And then around 2 p.m. Tuesday, he woke up.
Thanks to the winds and the heat.
In Hostens (Gironde), south-west of Landiras, we thought we were done with the forest fires which started a month ago, almost to the day, and ravaged more than 15,000 hectares of woods and moors.
But it will have been enough of a day, dry and hot, to rekindle the fire.
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