{
  "id": 18412,
  "title": "Wildfire in southwest France: Local officials recount 10 days of battling the blaze",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/01/wildfire-in-southwest-france-local-officials-recount-10-days-of",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-01T12:35:30.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Le Monde English",
    "slug": "le-monde-english",
    "url": "https://www.lemonde.fr/en/environment/article/2026/08/01/wildfire-in-southwest-france-local-officials-recount-10-days-of-battling-the-blaze_6756064_114.html"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The prefect of the affected Gironde region, Sophie Brocas, and the head of its fire and rescue service, Marc Vermeulen, reflect on their management of the massive wildfire that has been raging since July 22 in an interview with Le Monde.",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "France 24",
        "title": "France: Major Gironde wildfire contained",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/01/france-major-gironde-wildfire-contained",
        "published": "2026-08-01T11:49:36.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "CBS News",
        "title": "France makes major progress in wildfire fight, but danger still lurks",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/02/france-makes-major-progress-in-wildfire-fight-but-danger-still-lurks",
        "published": "2026-08-02T01:03:51.000Z"
      }
    ]
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}