French Prime Minister defends authorities' actions after wildfire

French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu defended the authorities' actions after the end of the largest wildfire in France in decades. "We have nothing to hide," he said in Mérignac near Bordeaux. The decisions regarding the fire-fighting and rescue work were not made in Paris, but mostly on site, he explained.

Lecornu had previously met with those affected in the particularly affected town of Le Porge; the media were not there. In the town on the Atlantic coast west of Bordeaux, 183 of 250 houses burned down at the end of July. When he returned to Le Porge, he was booed by around 200 residents of the town who had gathered in front of the town hall, dressed in black.