Planes scoop up water from River Seine to battle wildfire near Paris | CNN

French firefighters are battling a huge blaze in a forest just south of Paris as a devastating heatwave extends its deadly sweep across Europe. More than seven square miles of the Fontainebleau forest have been burned, CNN affiliate BFMTV reported on Tuesday, and fire-fighting aircraft have been scooping up water from the River Seine as part of efforts to get the fire under control. Six people are in police custody as part of an investigation into the fires, including a young volunteer firefighter who has admitted his involvement, according to the Fontainebleau public prosecutor’s office. The 19-year-old admitted he had “set fire to twigs using a lighter and petrol,” the public prosecutor’s office said in a statement on Tuesday. A second man, also born in 2007, said he had “accidentally started a fire by throwing away his cigarette,” the statement added. In France, intentional arson is punishable by a €150,000 fine and up to 10 years in prison, rising to 15 years if the offense involves a forest fire that endangers people or risks causing irreversible environmental damage. A number of other fires have also broken out in other parts of the country. Wildfires are not un