Noeme Bisserbe

Μake us preferred on Google An aging fleet of water-bombing planes, which have been grounded frequently for maintenance in recent days, has fueled a debate in France over whether the government was ready for some of the worst wildfires in decades. Opposition lawmakers have blamed French President Emmanuel Macron for failing to replace the country’s 12 Canadair planes, which are decades old and serve as the vanguard of its aerial firefighting response.