{"id":1117585,"date":"2026-07-29T06:48:20","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T06:48:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1117585\/"},"modified":"2026-07-29T06:48:20","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T06:48:20","slug":"firefighters-helmet-cam-shows-battle-against-frances-wildfires-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1117585\/","title":{"rendered":"Firefighter\u2019s helmet cam shows battle against France\u2019s wildfires | News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A firefighter deployed to the Gironde wildfires <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/fires\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">in France has shared a dramatic video he filmed while batting the blaze as flames race through agricultural land.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/video\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">video<\/a>, filmed from firefighter Kara Nabil&#8217;s helmet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/camera\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">camera<\/a>, captures thick smoke, towering flames and emergency crews working in hazardous conditions to contain the fast-moving blaze.<\/p>\n<p>France has faced multiple <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/wildfires\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">wildfires<\/a> in recent weeks as prolonged heat and dry weather have heightened fire risks across the country.<\/p>\n<p>Thousands of hectares have already burned, with rescue crews supported by aircraft and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/emergency-services\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">emergency services<\/a> preventing the fires from spreading to nearby communities.<\/p>\n<p>President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/emmanuel-macron\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Emmanuel Macron<\/a> urged officials to &#8220;stay strong&#8221; as they attempt to bring the &#8220;unprecedented&#8221; blazes under control.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A firefighter deployed to the Gironde wildfires in France has shared a dramatic video he filmed while batting&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1117586,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5309],"tags":[2000,299,90488,142446,36,8788],"class_list":["post-1117585","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-france","tag-eu","tag-europe","tag-file","tag-file-photo","tag-france","tag-photo"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/117001932288749127","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1117585","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1117585"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1117585\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1117586"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1117585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1117585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1117585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}