Monster fires spark debate over France's forest management

To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. To watch this content, you may need to disable it on this site. Cover image: Un bombero combate un incendio forestal mientras las llamas avanzan cerca de Le Las, en las afueras de Burdeos, Francia, el lunes 27 de julio de 2026. © AP Photo/Emma Da Silva - Emma Da Silva 04:38 Issued on: 28/07/2026 - 12:25 As French firefighters rush to contain the fires raging in the southwest of the country, a political debate is growing over conflicting codes on forest management. While firefighters say brushwood has to be gotten rid of to avoid forest fires, forest rangers say it should not be destroyed if protective species use it as their habitat. FRANCE 24's Angela Diffley tells us more. Keywords for this article