More than 250,000 displaced in Eastern Europe as Spain and France continue to battle wildfires
The riders will race Sunday inside Paris, rather than starting from Thoiry, west of the capital, on a circuit of 89 kilometres, down from the 133-kilometre route that had been planned. He said the fire was about 30 kilometres west of the city and lost some of its intensity overnight.The government mobilized soldiers to join the battle and was rushing in 1.5 million face masks to protect against choking smoke. Authorities ordered people between the fire and Bordeaux to evacuate, including from parts of the city’s western suburbs and other towns and villages.
- ▪The riders will race Sunday inside Paris, rather than starting from Thoiry, west of the capital, on a circuit of 89 kilometres, down from the 133-kilometre route that had been planned.
- ▪He said the fire was about 30 kilometres west of the city and lost some of its intensity overnight.The government mobilized soldiers to join the battle and was rushing in 1.5 million face masks to protect against choking smoke.
- ▪Authorities ordered people between the fire and Bordeaux to evacuate, including from parts of the city’s western suburbs and other towns and villages.
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- ▪ More than 250,000 flee wildfires in France and Spain — BBC News
- ▪ 200,000 people flee their homes in France as wildfires continue — France 24 (EN)
- ▪ More than 250,000 people flee their homes in France and Spain as wildfires burn — The Washington Times
- ▪ More than 250,000 people flee wildfires in France and Spain — World news | The Guardian
- ▪ France and Spain battle wildfires as more than 250,000 people are forced to flee homes - AP News — "site:apnews.com" - Google News
- ▪ More than 250,000 people flee their homes in France and Spain as wildfires burn — Global News
- ▪ More than 250,000 people flee their homes in France and Spain as wildfires burn — World News
- ▪ Untamed wildfires in Spain, France force more than 200,000 to flee — Straits Times — World
- ▪ Wildfires in France and Spain force 200,000 to flee — CBS News — Top
- ▪ 200,000 people forced to evacuate as wildfires rip through Spain and France — The Sydney Morning Herald
- ▪ At least 200,000 Europeans forced to evacuate raging wildfires — Washington Examiner
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Open this photo in gallery:A firefighter stands on a truck on a road near Lacanau, southwestern France, Saturday as wildfires rage in the area.Emma Da Silva/The Associated PressShareSave for laterPlease log in to bookmark this story.Log InCreate Free AccountFrance cut the length of the Tour de France’s final stage on Saturday to redeploy officers to battle raging wildfires that forced the evacuation of tens of thousands of people, including from some the suburbs of the wine region city of Bordeaux.A specially adapted cargo aircraft was deployed to dump flame retardants on a huge blaze raging in the Gironde region of southwestern France.The Tour de France’s last stage on Sunday will be reduced in length by a third, the Paris police department said, an extraordinary measure that underscored…
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