Turin, 25 July (LaPresse) – Over 200,000 people have been evacuated due to the wildfires affecting France and Spain. The French authorities have ordered the evacuation of nearly 60,000 people near Bordeaux, bringing the total number to over 220,000. Around 200,000 people have been evacuated in south-western France, in the Gironde and Landes regions. French President Emmanuel Macron has mobilised the army to support the rescue operations. In Spain, a fire that broke out in Madrid is proving to be “beyond the capacity” of the fire service to contain, Spanish authorities have warned, after three blazes to the west of the capital merged into a single, larger fire. The Spanish government has declared a national state of emergency, with 25,000 people evacuated and nearly 40,000 urged to stay indoors. The president of the Madrid region, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, has described it as “the worst fire in the region’s history”, with the area facing a “perfect storm” of high temperatures, relentless wind and merging fire fronts. This is according to the BBC.
Wildfires: over 220,000 people evacuated in France and Spain
Turin, 25 July (LaPresse) – Over 200,000 people have been evacuated due to the wildfires affecting France and Spain. The French authorities have ordered the evacuation of nearly 60,000 people near Bordeaux, bringing the total number to over 220,000. Around 200,000 people have been evacuated in south-western France, in the Gironde and Landes regions. French President Emmanuel Macron has mobilised the army to support the rescue operations. In Spain, a fire that broke out in Madrid is proving to be “beyond the capacity” of the fire service to contain, Spanish authorities have warned, after three blazes to the west of the capital merged into a single, larger fire. The Spanish government has declared a national state of emergency, with 25,000 people evacuated and nearly 40,000 urged to stay indoors. The president of the Madrid region, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, has described it as “the worst fire in the region’s history”, with the area facing a “perfect storm” of high temperatures, relentless wind and merging fire fronts. This is according to the BBC.
