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    French Wildfires Force 12,000 People To Flee Coastal Resort Areas

    Some 12,000 people — including 3,000 campers — reportedly moved to safety in Bormes-les-Mimosas, east of Marseille.
    by Bill Chappell Jul 26, 2017 1 minute
    People look at a forest fire in La Croix-Valmer, near Saint-Tropez, as they sit on the beach. Thousands of French firefighters have been battling blazes that consumed swathes of land in southeastern France. / VALERY HACHE / Getty Images

    France is asking European neighbors to help it fight fast-growing wildfires that have consumed thousands of acres of forest near the Mediterranean coast, forcing tourists to

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