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A French A400M military aircraft has been deployed for the first time to drop 20 tons of retardant on the Gironde wildfire . The Airbus-equipped plane has a capacity equivalent to three Canadairs and will lay retardant lines to protect vulnerable areas . The wildfire has burned 30,000 hectares and forced 197,000 people to evacuate, including from Bordeaux suburbs . Prime Minister Lecornu ordered the accelerated deployment .
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