Macron calls crisis meeting as wildfires threaten Bordeaux and heatwave looms
"We don't know how the blaze will spread, the fire front is constantly shifting. About 42,000 hectares has burnt in the south-west, in one of the largest forest fires since World War Two.
- ▪"We don't know how the blaze will spread, the fire front is constantly shifting.
- ▪About 42,000 hectares has burnt in the south-west, in one of the largest forest fires since World War Two.
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Macron calls crisis meeting as wildfires threaten Bordeaux and heatwave loomsImage source, EPAByChris Graham and Yang TianPublished3 minutes agoFrench President Emmanuel Macron will a hold a crisis cabinet meeting on Monday as wildfires closed in on the south-western city of Bordeaux.Another heatwave is set to complicate efforts to tackle the expanding blaze, which is about 15km (nine miles) from Bordeaux, mayor Thomas Cazenave said. Earlier he said there were no plans to evacuate the population of about 850,000.Wildfires have raged across Europe over the past week, primarily in France and Spain, where more than 330,000 people have been evacuated across both countries.Macron said on Saturday that France would "rebuild" and his government would "be there for as long as is needed".Tens of…
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