La Croix-sur-Roudoule, a small village in the Nice hinterland, has offered free accommodation at its communal gîte to the families of six firefighters killed fighting wildfires across France this summer.
The gesture comes as the country's fire season has already claimed an unusually high toll among firefighting crews, with the commune citing the tragedy of six deaths as the motivation behind opening its doors to grieving relatives at no charge. Full details on how affected families can take up the offer have not yet been made public.