Suspect in huge French forest fire questioned over arson in 2012
by Jon Henley Europe correspondent from World news | The Guardian on (#61J8Y)
Blaze continues to ravage pine forest in France as heatwave breaks temperature records across Europe
A man suspected of starting a blaze that has destroyed 13,000 hectares (32,000 acres) of pine forest in France was questioned over the same alleged offence a decade ago, prosecutors have said, as a searing heatwave smashed temperature records across Europe.
A mass of cooler air brought relief on Tuesday to France's Atlantic seaboard after 63 communes set new temperature records, but firefighters battled huge blazes in the south-west even as the heatwave moved north and east.
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