The pilot of a firefighting plane died Friday when his aircraft crashed while trying to put out a blaze that has been raging in southern France for four days, the local authorities said.
Maurel said the fire -- which has destroyed nearly 800 hectares of woodland, heathland and vineyards in the area around the village of Generac since Tuesday -- may have been started deliberately."All my support for the pilots of the @SecCivileFrance, to all those who fight against fire, and to their families. #Generac," he wrote in a tweet.
The national firefighters' federation also expressed their sadness, recalling that"risk-taking is in the very nature of those who help on a daily basis". The fire in Generac is still ablaze and being fed by strong winds, according to local fire commander Jacques Pages, who warned the situation could get worse on Saturday,"It's criminal, that's for sure," he told BFM television shortly before the plane crashed.
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