As the smoke from France's worst wildfire in over 75 years rose over the Bassin d'Arcachon, a pair of nearby firefighters tucked into a plate of oysters plucked from the bay west of Bordeaux. Advertisement AdvertisementAdvertisement Advertisement"If someone has oysters they'll bring them along," added the 32-year-old communications specialist, who had been made redundant as a result of the blaze. Besides being a "comfort food" after a hard shift at the front, the snacks also make sure the firefighters have "more strength", she said. "It'd all go to waste otherwise," he told AFP, while stirring a metre-radius metal pan perched atop a gas burner filled with ratatouille. "People are giving us everything, water, food," firefighter Cyril Veniere told AFP.