French wildfire created a monster cloud, unleashing lightning that ignited more fires

Mongabay
Jul 27, 2026, 3:06 pm262 ptsTop
PARIS (AP) — A wildfire in southwest France grew so powerful that its towering smoke column became a thunderstorm, generating lightning that struck the ground and ignited new fires beyond the original blaze, French officials said. The so-called pyrocumulonimbus — which France’s national firefighters…

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French wildfire created a monster cloud, unleashing lightning that ignited more fires

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