The World - News from Aug. 2, 1985
Forest fires fanned by Mediterranean winds and fueled by parched vegetation along the French Riviera killed five firefighters and injured at least 16 before they were controlled, officials said. The two fires ravaged about 7,500 acres in the hills above the resort area near Cannes, authorities said. Nearly 1,000 firefighters, 750 soldiers, aircraft and more than 260 vehicles were used to battle the fires in the Massif du Tanneron at the edge of the Var and Alpes-Maritimes region.
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