Bormes-Les-Mimosas: Backed by planes dropping water and fire retardant, more than 1000 firefighters battled wildfires that billowed smoke into the sky over France's southern Cote d'Azur coast and forced the evacuation of 12,000 people.
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| Sunbathers are being evacuated from the beach in Le Lavandou, on the French Riviera. |
Large swaths of Mediterranean forest have been left bare and blackened after three days of fires.
About 250 trailer homes, a hangar, an artist's studio and several vehicles were burned in the blazes but no one so far has been injured, according to the prefect of the Var region.
Residents and tourists were evacuated early on Wednesday after a ferocious fire whipped by strong Mistral winds spread from La Londe-Les-Maures to around the picturesque hilltop town of Bormes-Les-Mimosas.
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