Disappointment and fear as tens of thousands people evacuate French wildfires
And then now there's fire here too," she said, referring to the smoke which could be seen and felt in Bordeaux. "I'm going to scream.""ASHES FALLING DOWN EVERYWHERE"The Cap Ferret fire moved inland on Saturday, reaching an area about 30 km (19 miles) from Bordeaux. Over the past eight or nine years, they had become far more frequent, with multiple blazes often burning simultaneously."It's catastrophic," he said.
- ▪And then now there's fire here too," she said, referring to the smoke which could be seen and felt in Bordeaux.
- ▪"I'm going to scream.""ASHES FALLING DOWN EVERYWHERE"The Cap Ferret fire moved inland on Saturday, reaching an area about 30 km (19 miles) from Bordeaux.
- ▪Over the past eight or nine years, they had become far more frequent, with multiple blazes often burning simultaneously."It's catastrophic," he said.
Straits Times — World files mainly under world. We currently carry 1,356 of its stories.
Opening excerpt (first ~120 words) tap to expand
Disappointment and fear as tens of thousands people evacuate French wildfiresSign up now: Get ST's newsletters delivered to your inboxPublished Jul 25, 2026, 10:38 PMUpdated Jul 25, 2026, 10:38 PMSet as preferred sourceBORDEAUX, July 25 - When raging wildfires threatened Mohammed Laabar's hometown in southwestern France on Friday, he and his wife gathered their three-year-old son, grabbed a pre-prepared survival kit and fled to nearby Bordeaux.Within hours, however, the winds shifted, carrying smoke and fumes from the fires into Bordeaux.For Laabar, a 35-year-old truck driver who lives in the town of Salaunes, the apocalyptic scenes that have come to define France's scorching summer of 2026 offered a sobering glimpse of the years ahead."We'll see this more often in the future, that's for…
Excerpt limited to ~120 words for fair-use compliance. The full article is at Straits Times — World.