France's devastating fires now 'under control', says PM

The fires that have ravaged France are "today under control" Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu said Saturday, more than a week after the country's largest wildfire since 1949 flared up.France's devastating fires now 'under control', says PM"Overall, the fires are now under control in our country", he said in an interview with the La Tribune Dimanche weekly.The largest wildfire erupted more than a week since the fire erupted in a pine forest near the southwestern city of Bordeaux.There, said Lecornu, "we have returned to a more stable situation", confirming earlier comments by Interior Minister Laurent Nunez.France has for weeks been battling wildfires after a series of deadly heatwaves that have dried up riverbeds and vegetation, extreme weather events scientists have linked to human-made c