"French Firefighters Get Unconventional Help: Planes from the South Answer the Call in Paris Region. In a rare display of inter-regional cooperation, firefighting planes from the typically arid south of France have been deployed to tackle raging wildfires in the normally temperate Paris region. The unprecedented move is a testament to the severity of the crisis, with flames engulfing large swaths of land and forcing thousands to evacuate. As the country grapples with one of its worst fire seasons on record, the use of aircraft from other regions is a welcome boost to the firefighting efforts."
It was the first time firefighting planes had been sent up from the normally drier and hotter south of the country to tackle fires in the Paris region.
