French Authorities Evacuate Towns Near Bordeaux as Wildfires Advance Across France and Spain
French authorities drafted soldiers and closed Bordeaux airport as more than 141,000 people were evacuated from the Gironde and Landes regions.
- A sudden shift in wind conditions has transformed a massive wildfire in southwestern France into a large, self-sustaining inferno, forcing authorities to order emergency evacuations for several western suburbs of Bordeaux, including areas surrounding the city's airport.
- The French Interior Ministry reported that the fast-moving blaze has already scorched over 140 square kilometers of forest in the Gironde and Landes departments, prompting President Emmanuel Macron to mobilize military support and officially request assistance from the European Union.
- In a dramatic rescue operation on the Atlantic coast, small water taxis, personal watercraft, and larger rescue boats successfully evacuated thousands of stranded holidaymakers and residents from the upmarket Cap Ferret peninsula after flames completely blocked the only exit road.
- Across the border, the Spanish government declared its first-ever national emergency for a wildfire as two massive blazes merged into a single out-of-control front just west of Madrid, forcing the evacuation of tens of thousands of residents from the capital's surrounding towns.
- Regional leaders in both countries described the crises as completely unprecedented, attributing the rapid, erratic behavior of the flames to a perfect storm of blistering triple-digit summer temperatures, severe long-term drought, and relentless heavy winds.
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In view of the unprecedented forest fires near the city of Bordeaux in the south-west of France, the authorities of the Gironde département asked 55,000 more people to evacuate. The decision had been "taken in the face of the resurgence of the fire," the authorities informed on Saturday. Thus, the number of people evacuated due to the fires in the Gironde department clearly exceeded the 200.000 mark. Previously, the authorities had already asked…
In the region around Bordeaux, a further 55,000 people have been asked to be safe from forest fires.
In Bordeaux in the exhibition center where the inhabitants of the area find refuge, fleeing from the record fires of France
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La RepúblicaMore than 250,000 people fled cities and villages in Spain and France as out-of-control forest fires advanced towards Madrid and Bordeaux — metropolitan areas that together house more than 8 million inhabitants. On Saturday, authorities ordered the immediate evacuation of some suburbs west of Bordeaux, the city of southwest France famous for its wines. Bordeaux airport continues to operate. About 197 thousand people were evacuated in the Gironde…
I nat ankom Khadija Saidi til evacuationscentret. Hun calder situations "uhyggelig".
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