Untamed wildfires in Spain, France force more than 200,000 to flee
Europe is the fastest-warming continent due to climate change.The blazes west of Madrid have burned up to 25,000ha, according to Spain’s Interior Ministry on July 25.Two of the three major wildfires there have merged into one, and are threatening to join up to form a massive inferno just kilometres from the capital. But now, it’s more a feeling of anger and resignation, because there’s nothing we can do as long as we’re not allowed to go back and see what we’ll find there,” he told AFPTV. AFPMore on this topicTens of thousands in France flee burning holiday havenSpain declares national emergency as wildfires force thousands of evacuationsSee more onEuropeFranceSpainWildfiresFires
- ▪Europe is the fastest-warming continent due to climate change.The blazes west of Madrid have burned up to 25,000ha, according to Spain’s Interior Ministry on July 25.Two of the three major wildfires there have merged into one, and are threa
- ▪But now, it’s more a feeling of anger and resignation, because there’s nothing we can do as long as we’re not allowed to go back and see what we’ll find there,” he told AFPTV.
- ▪AFPMore on this topicTens of thousands in France flee burning holiday havenSpain declares national emergency as wildfires force thousands of evacuationsSee more onEuropeFranceSpainWildfiresFires
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- ▪ 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
- ▪ Wildfires force 200,000 people to evacuate in the southwest of France — France 24 (EN)
- ▪ 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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Untamed wildfires in Spain, France force more than 200,000 to fleeSign up now: Get ST's newsletters delivered to your inboxA firefighting crew battling a wildfire spreading in Lege-Cap-Ferret, south-western France, on July 24, 2026. PHOTO: EPAPublished Jul 25, 2026, 08:35 PMUpdated Jul 25, 2026, 08:35 PMSet as preferred sourceEL ESCORIAL, Spain - Out-of-control wildfires in Spain and France that have forced the evacuation of more than 200,000 people raged on July 25 near Madrid and Bordeaux, with Paris mobilising its military to help overstretched firefighters.Thick black ash coated roof terraces of houses in the north of the centre of Madrid, an AFP journalist saw, with residents forced to keep their windows closed by the smell of throat-irritating smoke.In Bordeaux, in south-west…
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