'Exploding pinecones' exacerbating wildfires in France, says eyewitness

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"Exploding pinecones" are making it even harder to contain the wildfires in France, an eyewitness has told Sky News. Jez Cartwright was on holiday in the Cap Ferret peninsula when the fires broke out. He told Sky News: "One of the problems we heard, was that there were a lot of pine trees in this area and the pinecones were basically exploding and flying up to 700 metres in the air." Read more: https://news.sky.com/story/europe-wildfires-latest-french-tourist-hotspot-evacuated-as-national-emergency-declared-in-spain-13566532 #france #wildfires #skynews SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: http://www.youtube.com/skynews Follow us on X: https://twitter.com/skynews Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/skynews Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/skynews Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@skynews For more content go to http://news.sky.com and download our apps: Apple https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/sky-news/id316391924?mt=8 Android https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bskyb.skynews.android&hl=en_GB Why not listen to one of our podcasts? This is Why, available for free here: https://podfollow.com/thisiswhy or Ed Conway's Stuff Matters, available here: https://podfollow.com/stuff-matters To enquire about licensing Sky News content, you can find more information here: https://news.sky.com/info/library-sales

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