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Hundreds of thousands evacuated in France and Spain as wildfires rage on

In Spain, some elderly evacuees who fled a town in the Madrid area are reportedly being allowed to return home on Monday as fire crews work to stabilise a blaze that has ravaged areas around the capital.

Euronews

Firefighters in France and Spain struggle to contain 'monster' wildfires

Firefighters battled throughout the night and into Monday morning to tackle "monster" wildfires in France and Spain as authorities warned of a fresh heatwave set to hit already drought-stricken areas in coming days. French President Emmanuel Macron will hold a crisis cabinet meeting to discuss the emergency on Monday morning.

France 24

More than 320,000 now evacuated in France and Spain as wildfires continue to spread

According to French Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez, around 2,500 firefighters, including a Swiss team, have been deployed to tackle fires in southwestern France.

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More than 200,000 people flee raging wildfires in France and Spain, some escaping by boat

Thousands fled homes as massive forest fires raged out of control. French and Spanish firefighters battled intense blazes fueled by high temperatures. Evacuations impacted areas near Bordeaux and Madrid, with some fleeing by boat. European nations sent reinforcements to aid firefighting efforts in both countries. Spain has experienced its worst…

The Economic Times

Cap Ferret wildfire: Get out in 30 minutes, Brits told as 'monster' blaze rages in French holiday hotspot

‘It was like every good film that we've ever seen of what the end of the day is like,’ says Gloucester headmaster David Morton

Evening Standard

Two swimmers killed as French authorities warn of deadly riptides across Atlantic coastline

Warm weather across France attracted large crowds to the Gironde coastline in the southwest despite dangerous sea conditions. Authorities said over 30 people were rescued, while two others lost their lives after being caught in strong currents.

Euronews

One year after France's Gironde wildfires, bark beetles attack forests

One year on from the historic wildfires that decimated the woodlands of Gironde in south-western France, the bark beetle is adding insult to injury. Bark beetle larvae usually feed off the sap of dead trees, but after the fires left so many trees weakened, it's been a field day for…

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A scorched southwestern France braces itself for fires to come

As France frets about an extended drought and prospects for more wildfires in another long summer, one blaze that erupted eight months ago in the southwest of the country still smoulders away underground.

Reuters

New wildfires hit southwestern France amid record 39C heatwave

The huge blaze caused more than 500 people to flee their homes in the Gironde region

Evening Standard

Hundreds evacuated as firefighters battle to contain blaze in southwest France

Hundreds of firemen have been deployed in the Gironde region south of the city of Bordeaux to fight a blaze which has already destroyed 1,300 hectares of forest and forced the evacuation of several hundred people.

Radio France Internationale

French wildfire stops expanding; workers seek to tame it

A major wildfire that ravaged pine forests in a tourist-beloved area of southwestern France has stopped expanding after rain fell overnight, and firefighters were working Sunday to tame it

The Independent UK

In pictures: France ravaged by summer of wildfire and drought

While rainfall on Sunday brought desperately needed relief to firefighters in the Gironde department near Bordeaux, wildfires elsewhere continue to burn though hundreds of hectares of French forests. Sunday marked the end of an intense heatwave that began on Wednesday, with storms forecast in 10 departments.

Radio France Internationale

Volunteer firefighters under pressure as France battles historic wildfires

Volunteer firefighters have been called up from their day jobs all over France this summer to help battle wildfires.

Radio France Internationale

Firefighters Combat Major Wildfire in Southwestern France

More than 1,000 firefighters were struggling Thursday to contain a major wildfire which has burned a large area of pine forest in southwestern France, in a region that was already ravaged by flames last month. Local authorities said more than 68 square kilometers (26 square miles) have burned since Tuesday…

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France 24

Five more EU nations to help France combat wildfire

As French officials warned Thursday that flare-ups could cause a massive wildfire to further spread in the country's parched southwest, President Emmanuel Macron tweeted that five more European allies are providing help for firefighters battling eight major wildfires across the country.

The Guardian - UK

Thousands evacuated as smouldering French wildfire reignites

High temperatures and drought in the wine-growing region of Gironde force partial closure of motorway

Daily Mirror

Rhine runs dry and wildfires rage in France as Europe faces worst drought in 500 years

The Rhine River - which has suffered critically-low water levels due to the baking summer and scant rainfall - acts as one of western Europe's main commercial waterways as it runs through Germany and into the North Sea

Radio France Internationale

UPDATE: European firefighters come to France's assistance as 'monster' wildfire rages out of control

Wildfires continue to rage in south-western France this Thursday, with dozens of houses destroyed, over 6,800 hectares of land scortched, forcing the evacuation of at least 10,000 people. Firefighters from across Europe have come to France's assistance as the massive blaze in the wine-growing Gironde region continues to burn out…

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France's worst wildfires in 30 years force a rethink on managing forests

The loss of more than 20,000 hectares of pine forest in the Gironde department of southwest France is a disaster for the region and its population, but it could be a wake-up call on the need to adapt Europe's largest artificial forest to the challenges of climate change.

Al Jazeera

Wildfires raging in Europe: What, where and why?

Emergency services continue to battle wildfires across swathes of Europe.

Radio France Internationale

French forest fires under control as cooler weather moves in

French President Emmanuel Macron visited firefighters battling twin blazes near Bordeaux as Europe counted the cost of a record heatwave, and climate change protesters pointed to the sizzling weather as a wake up call for the continent.

France 24

‘We’ve lost everything’: Tourists evacuated in France’s Gironde as wildfires rage

As a heatwave scorches Western Europe, some 38,500 people have been evacuated away from forest fires raging in France’s southwestern Gironde region. No deaths have been reported as of Wednesday, but holidaymakers at campsites near the Dune du Pilat – Europe’s tallest sand dune, perched amid a forest on the…

Chronicle Live

Urgent Foreign Office France travel advice update over forest fires

Access to certain areas is 'forbidden' according to officials with emergency numbers being given out

The Independent UK

‘Monster’ wildfires rip through Europe as heatwave set to spread further

There’s a ‘very extreme danger’ of more wildfires amid record-breaking temperatures

France 24

As France battles wildfires, experts call for a rethink of forest management

France’s battle to contain ferocious wildfires in the southwestern Gironde region entered a second week on Tuesday, with more than 19,000 hectares of pine forest already reduced to ashes. While the ecological and economic damage is immense, some conservationists see the fires as an opportunity to adapt Europe’s largest artificial…

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