Photos: Wildfires ravage historic forest near Paris

Wildfires near Paris scorch 1,300 hectares as France endures its third heatwave in three months.

France arrests arson suspects amid Fontainebleau forest fire

Firefighters are attempting to tackle a major fire burning since Sunday in the much-visited Fontainebleau forest, near France's capital Paris. Two people have been arrested for suspected arson.

Fontainebleau forest fires: blazes south of Paris 'contained' but not extinguished, prefect says

Two fires that have burned just over 2,000 hectares since Sunday in the Fontainebleau Forest south of Paris, have been "contained", even though they are not extinguished, the local prefect said Tuesday evening. "Contained means they are confined within their perimeter," explained Prefect Pierre Ory, noting that firefighters will still need to remain on the scene for days, if not weeks. FRANCE 24's Catherine Norris-Trent reports.

By FRANCE24

Firefighters battle blaze in France's Fontainebleau forest amid deadly fires in Europe

Firefighters battle Fontainebleau forest fire near Paris as two arrested, still not under control

Firefighters battled through the night to tackle a blaze that tore through a historic forest near Paris on Tuesday, with at least two people arrested on suspicion of having started the fire near one of France’s best-known royal palaces. “It is not under control,” Interior Minister Laurent Nunez said late on Monday, adding that the […]

Wildfires advance in forest south of Paris

Wildfires raging in a forest south of Paris have devoured more land overnight, firefighters said, ahead of France's national day celebrations.

Blaze near Paris burns on as heatwave tightens across Europe

Waterbombing aircraft assists firefighters struggling to contain the inferno

By Reuters