French residents opening their homes to those affected by fires, councillor says

A sense of "spontaneous solidarity" has been set by French residents in a Gironde commune to help those affected by the wildfires, a city councillor has said. Julien Boinet, who lives in Bazas, tells Radio 4's Today programme that the area is now seeing many "refugees, for lack of a better word" due to the ongoing blazes. He says the city has been doing a collection of necessary items such as blankets and nappies for babies. "People open [their] house as well, making sur