Crews fight heat and flames on decisive day in France wildfire battle

Planes dump water on French wildfires as temperatures rise The aerial cavalry of three Canadair aircraft flying overhead look as impressive as they sound. They arrive in formation, before sharply banking over towards the thick plume of black smoke ahead of us. Their individual payloads of more than 1,000 gallons of water are then dumped onto the flames below. A succession of helicopters then follows with their own streams of red fire retardant.

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