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Europe wildfires latest: Macron says France facing ‘most difficult time since WW2’ as 40C heatwave looms

Wildfires in Europe have displaced around 300,000 people this week

The Independent UK · Jul 27

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 · Jul 27

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 · Jul 26

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…

France 24 · Oct 27, 2023

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 · Mar 25, 2023

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 · Sep 13, 2022

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 · Sep 13, 2022

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 · Aug 14, 2022

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 · Aug 14, 2022

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 · Aug 13, 2022