French troops were called out to fight a fire which has already swept 11,000 acres of Riviera forestland and threatens to spread to Dm lon. Embers are falling on the naval base from the fire, which is only six miles away.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 229, 26 August 1940, Page 7
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