Firemen put out the fire. File photoPARIS, Oct 28 RIA Novosti. Continuing due to abnormally hot weather for October, fires in Corsica covered an area of 410 hectares, the Figaro newspaper reported on Friday. «Due to almost summer temperatures and the ongoing drought in the department Two fires have been raging in Ot-Kors since Sunday. Access to the fires is difficult, the fires have merged into one and have already covered an area of 410 hectares,» the media reported. jpg» />Media: the number of victims of a fire on an Indonesian boat has risen to 14 peopleAbout 50 firefighters are working on the spot, and a helicopter is also involved in extinguishing the fire. The country's national weather service, Meteo-France, reported earlier on Wednesday that October in the south of France broke a temperature record, becoming the hottest since 1947. The temperature in Corsica exceeds 30 degrees Celsius. The summer of 2022 in Europe was the hottest on record. In France, due to abnormal heat, a drought began, and restrictions on the use of water were introduced in all departments of the metropolis. High temperatures provoked the spread of fires. The Gironde department in southeast France was the hardest hit.
In Mexico, four people were injured when a train collided with a fuel truckOn Friday, speaking at a meeting with representatives of rescue and fire fighting services, French President Emmanuel Macron said that 72,000 hectares of forest burned in France over the past year, which is 6 times more than the average for the past 10 years. He also announced new measures to prevent the spread of fires and noted that France will allocate 250 million euros for the purchase of additional Canadair water bombers, as well as an additional €150 million in 2023 to ensure the work of fire services against the backdrop of massive fires in the summer of 2022.
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