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Pine-cone grenades and planet-baking carbon: the French fires 170 years in the making – a visual guide
By Ajit Niranjan with graphics by Lucy Swan, Harvey Symons and Paul Scruton

An 1857 decree to drain swamps and plant a monoculture, detritus from the trees and global heating combined to produce the conditions for the Gironde inferno

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/23/french-fires-150-years-in-the-making-visual-guide

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Europe burns: a visual guide to the wildfires
By Damian Carrington, Lucy Swan, Ana Lucía González Paz, Harvey Symons

Ferocious flames continue to rage in parts of France and Spain, with no sign of abating. We chart the destruction in graphics and pictures

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/30/europe-burns-france-spain-visual-guide-wildfires

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