More than 250,000 people flee their homes in France and Spain as wildfires burn
France was preparing to use a massive specially adapted cargo aircraft to dump flame retardants Saturday on a wildfire that has forced the evacuation of tens of thousands of people, including from some suburbs of the wine region city of Bordeaux. He said the fire was about 30 kilometers (20 miles) west of the city and lost some of its intensity overnight. Get daily National news Get daily Canada news delivered to your inbox so you'll never miss the day's top stories.
- ▪France was preparing to use a massive specially adapted cargo aircraft to dump flame retardants Saturday on a wildfire that has forced the evacuation of tens of thousands of people, including from some suburbs of the wine region city of Bor
- ▪He said the fire was about 30 kilometers (20 miles) west of the city and lost some of its intensity overnight.
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- ▪ More than 250,000 people flee their homes in France and Spain as wildfires burn - AP News — Google News
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- ▪ Wildfires force 200,000 people to evacuate in the southwest of France — France 24 (EN)
- ▪ 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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France was preparing to use a massive specially adapted cargo aircraft to dump flame retardants Saturday on a wildfire that has forced the evacuation of tens of thousands of people, including from some suburbs of the wine region city of Bordeaux. Including some 70,000 people evacuated in central Spain, wildfires in southern Europe this week have displaced more than 250,000 people.French Interior Minister Laurent Nunez said the hulking A400M aircraft will join 18 other water- and retardant-dropping planes and helicopters waging an expected “long and very difficult” battle against the blaze raging in the Gironde region of southwestern France.With winds expected to shift in a west-to-east direction on Saturday afternoon, potentially driving the fire closer to Bordeaux, fire crews and…
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