Firefighters hasten efforts to contain massive wildfires in France and Spain ahead of heatwave – Europe live
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Photograph: Kenzo Tribouillard/POOL AFP/APOver the past week, the gigantic blaze in the region has ravaged 42,000 hectares (103,000 acres), forced 220,000 people to flee and destroyed 240 houses. But he warned it “remains virulent and we must be extremely cautious over the next few hours and the coming days”.French president Emmanuel Macron speaks with firefighters during a visit to Bordeaux.
- ▪Photograph: Kenzo Tribouillard/POOL AFP/APOver the past week, the gigantic blaze in the region has ravaged 42,000 hectares (103,000 acres), forced 220,000 people to flee and destroyed 240 houses.
- ▪But he warned it “remains virulent and we must be extremely cautious over the next few hours and the coming days”.French president Emmanuel Macron speaks with firefighters during a visit to Bordeaux.
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- ▪ Fire-hit communities aid firefighters as France wildfires rage on — The Globe and Mail
- ▪ Wildfires overwhelm exhausted firefighters in France and Spain — Channel NewsAsia
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03.28 EDTMorning opening: 'Coming weeks will be tough,' Macron warns, as France enters new heatwave amid firesJakub KrupaThe return of searing temperatures, from today in France and tomorrow in Spain, will complicate efforts to fight massive wildfires raging in the Bordeaux region and a number of sites in Spain.On a visit to a crisis centre in Bordeaux, the French president, Emmanuel Macron, warned: “The coming weeks will be tough and we have to hold out.” France's President Emmanuel Macron and France's interior minister Laurent Nuñez listen to SDIS 33 Fire and Rescue Service Departemental director Marc Vermeulen during a situation briefing in the crisis room at the Departmental Fire and Rescue Operational Center (CODIS) in Bordeaux.
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