France, Spain battle 'monster' wildfires with more heat on the way
A firefighter stands before flames as a forest fire rages in Saint-Jean-d'Illac, some 30km from Bordeaux, July 26, as a wildfire has been ravaging the forest north of the Arcachon Basin (Gironde). Evacuees are housed at the Bordeaux Exhibition Centre in Bordeaux, France, after having to leave their homes outside town due to the raging wildfires, July 26.
- ▪A firefighter stands before flames as a forest fire rages in Saint-Jean-d'Illac, some 30km from Bordeaux, July 26, as a wildfire has been ravaging the forest north of the Arcachon Basin (Gironde).
- ▪Evacuees are housed at the Bordeaux Exhibition Centre in Bordeaux, France, after having to leave their homes outside town due to the raging wildfires, July 26.
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- ▪ Europe battles fast-moving wildfires sweeping across Spain and France, in photos - AP News — Google News
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A firefighter stands before flames as a forest fire rages in Saint-Jean-d'Illac, some 30km from Bordeaux, July 26, as a wildfire has been ravaging the forest north of the Arcachon Basin (Gironde). AFP-YonhapBORDEAUX — Firefighters battled massive blazes tearing through forests across France and Spain Monday, as authorities warned of a fresh heatwave set to engulf the scorched French wine-growing region around the major city of Bordeaux.More than 325,000 people have fled their homes, mostly in the Gironde department, home to Bordeaux, as some of the worst forest fires in either country's history rage across southwest France and central Spain near Madrid.France's fire has caused an unprecedented "pyrocumulonimbus" — a giant fire cloud that creates its own winds and packs lightning that…
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