Tourists describe their escape from France wildfires
His brother Nate, 11, is still coming to terms with having seen the flames."Other people have been sleeping in schools and warehouses and the beaches have had people just waiting for the go ahead," Morrison added. "There's people on the beach here with their suitcases."He said the family was awaiting instructions on whether they can continue their holiday until mid August."It rained last night but we are hearing that electricity may be cut out over the peninsula, especially as the ash clouds go towards Bordeaux...
- ▪His brother Nate, 11, is still coming to terms with having seen the flames."Other people have been sleeping in schools and warehouses and the beaches have had people just waiting for the go ahead," Morrison added.
- ▪"There's people on the beach here with their suitcases."He said the family was awaiting instructions on whether they can continue their holiday until mid August."It rained last night but we are hearing that electricity may be cut out over t
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Fleeing a wall of flames: Tourists describe France wildfires escapeImage source, AFP via Getty ImagesImage caption, Holidaymakers, seen here on Friday, have been arriving in Arcachon by boat after being evacuated from the Cap Ferret peninsula in south-west FranceByEwan SomervillePublished12 minutes agoFamilies have relived how their tranquil holidays in France turned into a race to escape raging wildfires.Tourists told the BBC of emergency alerts in the middle of the night, desperate drives just metres from six-storey high flames and the sight of people flocking to beaches with their suitcases.Huge forest fires in south-west France and central Spain have displaced more than 220,000 people, with the French military drafted in to help and the Spanish government declaring a national…
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