Calais 'Jungle': Overnight fires raze parts of migrant camp

This may have been a last act of defiance from migrants, correspondents say (AP)

Fires have razed parts of the "Jungle" migrant camp in Calais, as French authorities continue operations to demolish it.

At least one gas canister exploded, with one migrant lightly injured.

The clearance began on Monday and about 4,000 migrants - out of some 7,000 - have been taken from the squalid camp to shelters around France.

There remain concerns that some will refuse to give up their attempts to cross the Channel to get to the UK.

The operation has been largely peaceful so far.

The BBC's Simon Jones, at the camp, says huts were set on fire overnight on the main street leading into the camp, leaving them in ashes.

He says this may have been a last act of defiance from migrants who did not want to leave and did not want to see their shelters taken down by the authorities.

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