France, Spain battle wildfires as more than 250,000 people are forced to flee homes
Firefighters spray water along the edge of a forest during a wildfire near the town of Lege-Cap-Ferret, southwestern France, July 25. The city's airport said it remained open but that its bus and tram services were suspended.Evacuation orders were sent with special alerts to mobile phones, instructing people to leave, Gironde prefect Sophie Brocas said. She said the fire had destroyed about 140 homes in the region.
- ▪Firefighters spray water along the edge of a forest during a wildfire near the town of Lege-Cap-Ferret, southwestern France, July 25.
- ▪The city's airport said it remained open but that its bus and tram services were suspended.Evacuation orders were sent with special alerts to mobile phones, instructing people to leave, Gironde prefect Sophie Brocas said.
- ▪She said the fire had destroyed about 140 homes in the region.
5 outlets in our directory ran this story, first to last over 2 days. Coverage spans 2 points on the political spectrum — 1 lean left, 3 centre.
- ▪ More than 250,000 people evacuated, Tour de France cut short as France and Spain battle wildfires — WQAD RSS Feed: news
- ▪ More than 88,000 people evacuated or locked down in their homes due to wildfires in Spain — Sur in English
- ▪ #France: Over 40,000 people evacuated due to #wildfires in the #southwest — France 24 (EN)
- ▪ Thousands evacuated due to wildfire in France's southwest — France 24
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Firefighters spray water along the edge of a forest during a wildfire near the town of Lege-Cap-Ferret, southwestern France, July 25. AFP-YonhapLEGE-CAP FERRET, France — France sent a hulking military cargo plane to dump tons of flame retardants as it battled raging wildfires on Saturday and slashed the final stage of Tour de France to redeploy security personnel to the blazes that forced tens of thousands of people to flee their homes.The latest wildfires in southern Europe this week have displaced more than 250,000 people, including some 70,000 people who were evacuated in central Spain.
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