France Fire Situation 'Remains Very Unfavourable': Interior Minister
Fire crews deployed 2,500 firefighters and 18 aircraft as the blaze advanced toward Bordeaux, with 42,000 hectares burned, officials said.
- On Sunday, a raging wildfire in southwest France forced 55,000 more evacuations, bringing the regional total to 220,000 as flames crept closer to Bordeaux.
- Interior Minister Laurent Nunez said the fire consumed 42,000 hectares of tinder-dry pine forests and became "extremely intense and unpredictable" overnight, generating its own winds.
- Authorities deployed 2,500 firefighters, 1,500 military personnel, and 1,200 police to battle the blazes. Nunez said "18 aircraft have been deployed since this morning," including a modified A400M military transport.
- Bordeaux Mayor Thomas Cazenave described the blaze as being "at the gates of the metropolitan area," about 15 kilometers away. The city repurposed an exhibition center as an emergency shelter for evacuees.
- Wildfires in the Landes region forced 36,000 evacuations, while 3,000 fled the Var region "as a precautionary measure." In neighboring Spain, uncontrolled blazes have forced 116,000 people from their homes.
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The fires, which broke out last week near the Atlantic coast, are now 15 kilometers from entry points to the main metropolitan area of Bordeaux.
Fire forces the eviction of more than a dozen villages in southwestern France
Wildfires in France drive 250,000 from their homes, creep toward wine city of Bordeaux
LEGE-CAP FERRET, France — A raging wildfire in southwest France forced the evacuation of 55,000 people overnight Sunday, bringing the total forced out of their homes to a staggering 220,000 in one region alone, as flames crept ever closer to the wine region city of Bordeaux. Neighboring Spain oversaw its own fire evacuations on the country's east coast.
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LEGE-CAP FERRET, France (AP) — A raging wildfire in southwest France forced the evacuation of 55,000 people overnight Sunday, bringing the total forced out of their homes...
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