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epa10115423 France's Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne (C) greets firefighters as she visits the firefighter command center near the site of a wildfire in Hostens, southwestern France, 11 August 2022. Borne met with authorities battling the Landiras fire south of Bordeaux, and further reinforcements are expected for the 1,100 firefighters on site, the prefecture of the Gironde department said. Officials warned that flare-ups could cause a massive wildfire to further spread in France's parched southwest, site of the most intense blazes that have blackened swaths of the country this week. EPA/PHILIPPE LOPEZ / POOL MAXPPP OUT