Bordeaux Wildfire Four Times the Size of Paris Still Not Contained
Source: https://apnews.com/article/europe-wildfires-france-spain-bordeaux-0880421447ebd9ad4d2e505b37c54181
Executive Briefing
- Authorities ordered 4,000 tourists evacuated from Atlantic coast campsites and resorts near Lacanau as heat returns.
- Combined wildfires across France and Spain have forced roughly 330,000 people to evacuate in total.
- France's Gironde blaze covers 420 square kilometers, four times the size of Paris, and remains stabilized but not contained.
- Spain faces its fourth heat wave of the summer with its largest-ever recorded wildfire still out of control.
- Europe warms at twice the global average rate, with record June heat intensifying this season's fire conditions.
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