Southwest France Forced Onto Boats as 'XXL' Wildfire Swallows 10,000 Hectares

Executive Briefing

• Authorities ordered full evacuation of Cap Ferret peninsula, with hundreds escaping by boat amid an 'XXL fire'
• Over 10,000 hectares burned in Gironde region since Tuesday; 53 homes lost but 2,000 saved by firefighters
• Separate Biscarrosse fire displaced 23,000 more residents, destroying 105 buildings across France's Landes region
• Spain declared national emergency as three wildfires burned out of control near Madrid, evacuating 10,000+ people
• EU deployed planes and helicopters to assist both countries; two French firefighters died earlier in the week