Fires displace people on massive scale and trigger one of the largest peacetime civilian evacuation operations ever carried out in France
More than 250,000 people flee wildfires in France and Spain
Spain has declared a national emergency, the first time the country has ever done so over a wildfire.
France’s evacuations constituted “probably” the biggest peacetime evacuation the country has ever seen, its interior minister said.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/jul/26/europe-wildfires-spain-france-bordeaux-madrid-evacuations
Author : Yohannes Lowe (now) and Wendy Frew (earlier)
Publish date : 2026-07-26 07:21:00
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