New wildfire evacuations ordered in France, bringing total to 330,000 people displaced in southwestern Europe
Thomas Adamson, Associated Press Thomas Adamson, Associated Press Mark Carlson, Associated Press Mark Carlson, Associated Press Emma Da Silva, Associated Press Emma Da Silva, Associated Press LEGE-CAP FERRET, France (AP) — French authorities ordered 4,000 more people evacuated from Atlantic coast tourist sites Tuesday, widening what may be France's largest peacetime evacuation as returning heat threatened firefighters' fragile hold on a vast wildfire west of Bordeaux. Fire crews held the blaze in the Gironde region in check through a calm night, bringing flare-ups near coastal dunes under control and keeping the burned area unchanged at 420 square kilometers (162 square miles). Authorities called the fire stabilized, but not contained, and said it was still capable of breaking loose as temperatures rose and humidity fell.
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At least 13 people have died in wildfires in Spain this year, making 2026 one of the country's deadliest fire seasons in decades. "I've been living in San Martín de Valdeiglesias for 20 years and I never thought I would see this," said Estella Costales, an evacuated resident staying at a temporary shelter in Brunete, near Madrid. "It's unfortunate, but I never thought I would see such destruction." The greatest concern was two large fires that had at times come close to merging into a single blaze in wooded hills about an hour's drive west of Madrid.
