Small village in south of France spared from country's biggest wildfire in decades

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(9 Aug 2025) RESTRICTION SUMMARY ASSOCIATED PRESS Coustouge, France - 8 August 2025 1. Local residents having lunch outside their home 2. SOUNDBITE (French) Paulette Ricard, local resident: “The village was surrounded by fire. Flames all around us. We couldn’t walk further than that bridge over there. We participated in the tasks of taking water from the deposit we have that collects rainwater. We opened the taps and took turns, before we started taking water from the house because there was