2 firefighters die in a building fire near France's Bordeaux airport, flights delayed
Firefighters work near the scene where two firefighters died while battling a building fire in Merignac, southwestern France, Tuesday, July 21, 2026. Credit: AP/Caroline Blumberg
PARIS — Two firefighters were killed on Tuesday in a fire in southwest France.
Interior Minister Laurent Nunez, who announced the deaths to lawmakers in the National Assembly, said the firefighters had been battling a building fire in Mérignac, a suburb of Bordeaux where the city’s airport in located.
Nunez said he was awaiting more details.
The airport said in a statement on its website that a nearby fire was causing delays to some flights.
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