2,000 Flee French Riviera Fire
United Press International
ST. TROPEZ, France —
A raging forest fire caused the evacuation of more than 2,000 people along the posh French Riviera today, including vacationers at a seaside Club Med resort.
By late morning, the blaze in the popular southern France vacation haven had been controlled, but hundreds of campers remained stranded. Even the Cote d’Azur’s famed private villas were threatened by flames, driven by 65 m.p.h. winds.
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