The forest of Brocéliande is a high place of the Arthurian legend, straddling the east of Morbihan and the south-west of Ille-et-Vilaine.
France was to quickly receive reinforcements in planes and firefighters from the EU as well as from five European countries to deal with the forest fires which are ravaging the south-west of the country in particular, Emmanuel Macron and the European Commission announced on Thursday.