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Renewed fires have destroyed 6,000 hectares of tinder-dry forest in southwest France near Landiras, leading to the evacuation of thousands of people with "16 damaged homes". During a press briefing, Gironde prefect Martin Guespereau announces the "closure of the A63" because the smoke was causing "visibility problems".
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