Nearly 1,000 hectares burnt in fire near Paris

A fire raging in the historic and much-visited Fontainebleau forest south of Paris on Monday has prompted evacuations and disrupted train and highway traffic.

Authorities say the fire, which has destroyed nearly five percent of the 25,000-hectare forest, could have been started by arson.

It comes as the region is endures its third heatwave of the ​summer, with tinder-dry vegetation and ‌high temperatures fuelling blazes.

FRANCE 24's Emerald Maxwell reports. ...