Wildfires force evacuations outside Bordeaux as wind stokes Spanish blazes
Firefighting aircraft from the Netherlands and Portugal have already been deployed in Spain.High winds have stoked and spread the fires in both countries. The coast near Bordeaux is a tourist hotspot which includes pine forests that can catch fire easily. The city is also famous for its eponymous wines, made by nearby vineyards.Roughly 197,000 people have so far been evacuated from the Gironde and Landes regions close to Bordeaux since the wildfires broke out there this week.
- ▪Firefighting aircraft from the Netherlands and Portugal have already been deployed in Spain.High winds have stoked and spread the fires in both countries.
- ▪The coast near Bordeaux is a tourist hotspot which includes pine forests that can catch fire easily.
- ▪The city is also famous for its eponymous wines, made by nearby vineyards.Roughly 197,000 people have so far been evacuated from the Gironde and Landes regions close to Bordeaux since the wildfires broke out there this week.
5 outlets in our directory ran this story, first to last over 6 hours. All of the coverage we found sits in one bucket: lean left. That one-sidedness is itself worth noticing.
- ▪ Wildfire leads to evacuations in some suburbs of French city of Bordeaux — The Hindu — Top
- ▪ Wildfire leads to evacuations in some suburbs of the French city of Bordeaux — ABC News — International
- ▪ France and Spain race to control wildfires as more than 250,000 evacuated – live — World news | The Guardian
- ▪ 'The problem has been extremely high winds': Wildfires sweep through southwest France — France 24 (EN)
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Wildfires force evacuations outside Bordeaux as wind stokes Spanish blazesSign up now: Get ST's newsletters delivered to your inboxPublished Jul 25, 2026, 08:28 PMUpdated Jul 25, 2026, 08:28 PMSet as preferred sourceBORDEAUX, France/MADRID, July 25 - Wildfires on the coast of southwestern France moved inland towards Bordeaux on Saturday, forcing the evacuation of thousands in the city's suburbs, while in neighbouring Spain high winds complicated efforts to fight a massive blaze near Madrid.Hundreds of thousands of people have been evacuated in both countries because of those fires, the latest natural disasters linked to sustained dry spells and successive heatwaves that scientists say have been exacerbated by climate change."The fires that are hitting our country have reached a level that…
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