update on french wildfire

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agent yo'range

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Jul 23, 2026, 1:26:37 PM (16 hours ago) Jul 23
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https://www.youtube.com/live/4YPzTTGaHvc?si=jwAPt4txZaHKu0eN

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124 pm edt - helo with helo makes long drop

118 pm edt - fire truck drives by quietly

agent yo'range

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Jul 23, 2026, 1:45:01 PM (16 hours ago) Jul 23
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looks like the fire is really calming down now

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Jul 23, 2026, 1:46:44 PM (16 hours ago) Jul 23
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wind was blowing right to left - now blowing left to right

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Jul 23, 2026, 1:48:21 PM (16 hours ago) Jul 23
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1347 pm edt - 2 scoopers return

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Jul 23, 2026, 1:49:41 PM (16 hours ago) Jul 23
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1348 pm edt - zoom in on 1 fire truck at scene

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Jul 23, 2026, 1:50:58 PM (16 hours ago) Jul 23
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1350 pm - 4 or 5 scoopers in 1 shot

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Jul 23, 2026, 1:54:59 PM (16 hours ago) Jul 23
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153 pm edt - 1 black smoke column - then 1 fire truck and several fire
cars pass by the camera

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Jul 23, 2026, 2:05:44 PM (15 hours ago) Jul 23
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204 pm edt - scoopers are back

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Jul 23, 2026, 2:16:25 PM (15 hours ago) Jul 23
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1415 pm edt - helo goes in for low drop and pirouette

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Jul 23, 2026, 2:17:35 PM (15 hours ago) Jul 23
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216 pm edt - dark smoke column now at 1 spot

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Jul 23, 2026, 2:22:02 PM (15 hours ago) Jul 23
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2 helos rushed over there - maybe a home burning

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Jul 23, 2026, 2:29:01 PM (15 hours ago) Jul 23
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fire got into something serious - still a wide black column with
multi helo drops on it - sun going down - 227 pm edt - multi fire
engines driving by the cameraman

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Jul 23, 2026, 2:33:05 PM (15 hours ago) Jul 23
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229 pm - helo does drop and immediately 2 more dark black columns pop
up right there

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Jul 23, 2026, 2:35:35 PM (15 hours ago) Jul 23
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234 pm edt - 4 scoopers arrive to left - still huge black column to
right - they must be losing buildings over there

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Jul 23, 2026, 2:39:24 PM (15 hours ago) Jul 23
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this is Var France

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Jul 23, 2026, 2:42:49 PM (15 hours ago) Jul 23
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241 pm edt - another black column goes up

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Jul 23, 2026, 2:48:06 PM (15 hours ago) Jul 23
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246 pm - fire trucks going back and forth - are they shuttling water?
- 500 gallons at a time? - that will never work

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Jul 23, 2026, 2:49:44 PM (15 hours ago) Jul 23
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246 pm edt - 2 engine 1000 gallon airtanker apparently drops a load
and then flies straight up in the air at a 90 degree angle to the
earth - what the hell was that?

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Jul 23, 2026, 2:50:42 PM (15 hours ago) Jul 23
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maybe not - maybe it was a steep climbing turn to his left - maybe he
did it twice

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Jul 23, 2026, 2:54:27 PM (15 hours ago) Jul 23
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253 pm edt - another black column goes up

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Jul 23, 2026, 3:04:56 PM (14 hours ago) Jul 23
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303 pm edt - more dark black smoke - no wind now - the fire trucks
never came back - 3 or 4 went to left about 10 minutes ago but never
returned

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Jul 23, 2026, 3:16:39 PM (14 hours ago) Jul 23
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313 pm edt - that one looked like a bomb going off - it bubbled up
very fast and dark

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Jul 23, 2026, 3:17:38 PM (14 hours ago) Jul 23
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314 pm edt - feed ends

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Jul 23, 2026, 3:18:10 PM (14 hours ago) Jul 23
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approx 310 pm edt - 4 fire trucks and 3 fire cars - right to left
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