France confronts arson problem after devastating summer of wildfires

Experts believe one-third of wildfires in France are set deliberately, with arson the biggest single cause of forest fires last year One is a boy of 15, who threw a burning cigarette into a wood near Bordeaux. Another is a 36-year-old man who set a paper bag of rubbish on fire…

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