Thousands of French firefighters are tackling intense wildfires approaching the city of Bordeaux on Monday as tens of thousands of people have been evacuated from the surrounding Gironde department.
Both France and Spain have been hit with a new wave of dangerous wildfires across their territories over the past days that have burned through tens of thousands of hectares and collectively forced the evacuation of more than 300,000 individuals.
The fires have burnt through 42,000 hectares and forced the evacuation of around 220,000 people in southwestern France’s Gironde region, Le Figaro reports.
According to French Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez, 2,500 firefighters, 1,500 military personnel, and 1,200 police officers have been...
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