France forced to draft in police to stop burglaries from evacuated homes as Britons ordered to leave amid wildfires

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France has been forced to draft in police to stop burglaries from evacuated homes amid a devastating series of wildfires.Almost 220,000 people have now been evacuated as flames tear through the Cap Ferret peninsula and towards Bordeaux.Sophie Brocas, the Prefect of Nouvelle-Aquitaine and Gironde, said 1,200 members of France's National Gendarmerie had been deployed to Gironde - where one of the country's largest fires is raging.Members of the National Gendarmerie are now on patrol to prevent burglaries in evacuated homes.

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TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say Last January, as flames raged across Los Angeles, officials revealed opportunistic thieves had seized on the destruction to steal from empty properties."In the midst of the emergency, we have all seen individuals who are targeting vulnerable communities by burglarising and looting homes.

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This is simply unacceptable," Kathryn Barger, a member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, said.Up to 60 suspected looters were arrested...

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