Wildfires in France drive 250,000 people from their homes, creep toward wine city
In neighboring Spain, authorities oversaw a new round of evacuations because of wildfires in the Valencia region, on the country’s east coast. In total, uncontrolled blazes there and others west of Madrid this week have forced 116,000 people out of their homes.In southwest France, gusting winds fed the flames overnight, accelerating the spread of the fire that has been burning out of control since midweek, the Gironde prefecture said. The area that has burned, much of it pine forests and scrubland made tinder-dry by successive heat waves this year, has grown inexorably, expanding by Sunday morning to an estimated 42,000 hectares (162 square miles), the Gironde prefecture said.
- ▪In neighboring Spain, authorities oversaw a new round of evacuations because of wildfires in the Valencia region, on the country’s east coast.
- ▪In total, uncontrolled blazes there and others west of Madrid this week have forced 116,000 people out of their homes.In southwest France, gusting winds fed the flames overnight, accelerating the spread of the fire that has been burning out
- ▪The area that has burned, much of it pine forests and scrubland made tinder-dry by successive heat waves this year, has grown inexorably, expanding by Sunday morning to an estimated 42,000 hectares (162 square miles), the Gironde prefecture
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- ▪ Photos: Wildfires in France drive 250,000 people from their homes — Al Jazeera English
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- ▪ Hundreds of Thousands Flee Fires in France and Spain as Help Pours In — NYT > Top Stories
- ▪ Devastating wildfires send 267,000 fleeing in France and Spain — Channel NewsAsia
- ▪ More than 140,000 flee monster wildfires near Bordeaux — Le Monde (EN)
- ▪ Wildfires threaten Bordeaux as more than 200,000 people flee flames in France, Spain — Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News
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Business Wildfires in France drive 250,000 people from their homes and creep toward wine city of Bordeaux July 25, 2026 at 11:32 pm Updated July 26, 2026 at 1:17 am Listen to article Make us a preferred source By MARK CARLSON, EMMA DA SILVA and JOHN LEICESTER The Associated Press LEGE-CAP FERRET, France (AP) — A raging wildfire in southwest France forced the evacuation of 55,000 people overnight Sunday, taking the total forced out of their homes to 220,000 in one region alone as the flames have crept ever closer to the wine region city of Bordeaux.Authorities in the Gironde region, where Bordeaux is located, issued overnight evacuation orders for five more localities southwest of the historic city.
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