Geneva firefighters help French teams

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A series of fires in neighbouring France stretched French fire services, who called on help from Geneva.

All the fires started between 3 and 4am on Saturday – within a range of only 3km. 

The first was a fire in a rubbish dump in the basement of an apartment building in Gaillard, leading to residents being evacuated. Then in the same town, another pile of rubbish on a construction site was alight and finally a blaze at a scooter shop in Annemasse. 

French and Geneva teams tackled the fires for several hours. 

An investigation is underway. 

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