French PM booed on visit to wildfire-affected region as Belgium tackles enormous blaze – Europe live

Wildfire thought to be largest in Belgium’s history creeps closer to German border prompting evacuations Meanwhile, the head of the Belgian firefighters, Marc Gilbert, told Belgian media that the country needed more resources to be ready to fight major fires. In comments reported by VRT and Nieuwsblad, he called for ur

Dozens of residents on Monday jeered the French prime minister as he arrived in an area hit by wildfires earlier this summer, in a show of anger over the government's handling of the worst such crisis in France in decades.

It was a show of anger over the government’s handling of the worst such crisis in France in decades.

As Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu visited Le Porge, a town in southwestern France that was struck particularly hard by recent wildfires, some 200 people harangued him over how his government handled the crisis.

As Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu visited Le Porge, a town in southwestern France that was struck particularly hard by recent wildfires, some 200 people harangued him over how his government handled the crisis.