Firefighters battle ‘contained’ Fontainebleau forest fire near Paris amid arson probe


With the two wildfires burning southeast of Paris now contained, for investigators, the focus is on how they started. Five people have been arrested, suspected of setting the blazes intentionally, including a volunteer fire fighter. Prosecutors say that a second suspect admitted to accidentally starting a fire by throwing away his cigarette. FRANCE 24’s Monte Francis reports.

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