French villages rely on truck deliveries for water as taps run dry while 10,000 flee 'ogre' wildfire

France is gasping from a dire water shortage with hundreds of towns and villages left with no tap water as ‘ogre’ wildfires rip across the country for the second time this summer in a ‘vision of hell’.

The entire nation is suffering its worst drought on record with restrictions in place to limit water usage, but for more than 100 parched communes, they don’t even have the option to ration their supply.

French environment minister Christophe Béchu said it is a ‘historic’ crisis for so many…