8561610 Europe Media Monitor (EMM) reads and analyses around 40.000 new news items per day from around 1000 sites worldwide. The text of the items, extracted using EMM's own text extraction algorithm, is indexed using Lucene (see http://lucene.apache.org). Please make sure your area of interest is not already covered by one of the pre-defined categories (alerts). If it is, we kindly ask you to use the feed from that category as this significantly reduces the load on our system. This site is a joint project of DG-JRC and DG-COMM. The information on this site is subject to a disclaimer (see http://europa.eu/geninfo/legal_notices_en.htm). Please acknowledge EMM when (re)using this material http://www.edmontonsun.com/2016/08/10/fires-ravage-southern-france-portugal-4-dead-1000s-fleeA plane sprays fire extinguisher as part of an attempt to struggle against a fire which has already devastated some 200 hectares in Vitrolles, southern France on August 10, 2016. (AFP PHOTO/BORIS HORVATBORIS) MARSEILLE, France -- Wind-whipped wildfires spared the French city of Marseille on....Thu, 11 Aug 2016 17:54:00 +0200edmontonsun-ca4c06001ae6b621695be43c971d1ffc20160811175400http://www.torontosun.com/2016/08/10/fires-ravage-southern-france-portugal-4-dead-1000s-fleeA plane sprays fire extinguisher as part of an attempt to struggle against a fire which has already devastated some 200 hectares in Vitrolles, southern France on August 10, 2016. (AFP PHOTO/BORIS HORVATBORIS) MARSEILLE, France -- Wind-whipped wildfires spared the French city of Marseille on....Thu, 11 Aug 2016 17:54:00 +0200torontosun-ca4c06001ae6b621695be43c971d1ffc20160811175400http://www.lorientlejour.com/article/1001309/portugal-incendies-maitrises-a-madere-qui-veut-rassurer-ses-touristes.htmlLes incendies qui ont fait trois morts à Funchal, la capitale de l'archipel portugais de Madère, étaient sous contrôle et le Premier ministre Antonio Costa, arrivé sur place jeudi, voulait désormais "rétablir la confiance" des touristes. "Il est temps de passer à l'étape suivante : reconstruire,....Thu, 11 Aug 2016 17:45:00 +0200lorientlejour-f992d6fb17be07f45b7cd55d0e66d71820160811174500https://www.thestar.com/news/world/2016/08/11/wildfires-scorch-two-french-towns-evacuating-hundreds.htmlMARSEILLE, FRANCE—Wind-whipped wildfires spared the French city of Marseille on Thursday but scorched through two southern towns, burning homes and at least one school and leaving hundreds of people evacuated. Major highways shut down to make way for firefighters streaming to the area, and the....Thu, 11 Aug 2016 17:34:00 +0200TorontoStar-c4023d1f6b77842098bd83eeac816bfe20160811173400