French forest fire consumes home, forces evacuations

A wildfire fanned by soaring temperatures tore through a pine forest in southwestern France on Thursday, burning down at least one house and forcing dozens to flee their homes. “At the end of my street the flames were approaching the homes and they were very strong — we all jumped in our cars,” a resident of the coastal Anglet municipality near tourism hotspot Biarritz told AFP. Around 100 firefighters and two water bombers tried to beat back…