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

French wildfire created a monster cloud, unleashing lightning that ignited more fires
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A wildfire in southwest France grew so powerful that its smoke column became a thunderstorm, generating lightning that struck the ground and ignited new fires beyond the original blaze, French officials said. Put another way, that means the inferno was no longer simply being propelled by the weat...

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