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France wildfires reveal hundreds of WW2 shells in village

Source: Sri Lanka Mirror
Category: General
Region: France
Published: August 04, 2026 at 05:46

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A forest fire in the south of France has revealed a cache of 400 historic shells and munitions in the village of Le Porge, according to local authorities. Blasts, initially thought to be exploding gas cylinders, may have been World War Two explosives detonated by the heat of the fires, the local fire commander told [โ€ฆ]

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