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Two teenage boys went before a judge Friday on suspicion of deliberately starting one of the wildfires that devastated parts of southeastern France and Corsica this week, an official said.

Authorities warned Friday the danger is far from over even though they have tamed most of the blazes that scorched over 7,000 hectares of land, destroyed homes and forced the evacuation of thousands in the worst fires that France has seen in over a decade.

The boys, both aged 16, were stopped Wednesday by police who believed that arson was behind the blaze in Carro, west of Marseille, where 150 hectares of land were burnt, Aix-en-Provence Deputy Police Prosecutor Remy Avon told The Associated Press on Friday.

Carro lies to the west of the Cote d'Azur region where blazes have laid waste to forests overlooking the Mediterranean Sea. But some 230 firefighters this week also battled the Carro fires, which damaged houses, injured an emergency worker and forced the evacuation of residents.

Avon said the adolescents also face charges of theft and could face a prison sentence of 15 years.