France deploying massive cargo aircraft to dump flame retardants on wildfire, after nearly 200,000 evacuations
- On Saturday, authorities evacuated suburbs surrounding Bordeaux as wildfires threatened the city, part of a crisis displacing more than 200,000 people across France and Spain.
- Record-Breaking heatwaves have turned European landscapes into tinderboxes, with experts at World Weather Attribution calling 'heat domes' a driver making extreme fire seasons 'virtually impossible' without human-driven climate change.
- More than 141,000 people fled homes in Gironde and surrounding French departments, while 60,000 evacuated in central Spain; at least 27 French firefighters have been injured battling the flames.
- French Interior Minister Laurent Nunez deployed hundreds of soldiers and an A400M aircraft to combat the Gironde blaze, while Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez visited a command post addressing the unprecedented destruction.
- Although Saturday's weather offered 'a window of opportunity' for crews to contain the fires, authorities warned the situation remains 'long and very difficult,' with European nations deploying aircraft to bolster efforts.
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Wildfires threaten Bordeaux as France and Spain battle blazes | Honolulu Star-Advertiser
BORDEAUX/MADRID >> Wildfires advanced towards the outskirts of the historic French city of Bordeaux, at the heart of the country’s winelands, on Sunday as France and Spain battled blazes that have already forced the evacuation of hundreds of thousands of people.
The Civil Guard deploys an elite body to carry out evacuations, which exceed 75,000. Politicians enter the scene and already carry the reconstruction to the foreground. Read
In southwestern France, where fierce wildfires have been raging for days, the situation is becoming increasingly critical. In another fifteen kilometers, the flames will reach Bordeaux. Our reporter Sabine Vermeiren, on the scene, sees people hoping for the best but preparing for the worst. “It is a coin toss. If the efforts fail, this could become one of the biggest disasters France has ever experienced.”
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