Around 55,000 more people were evacuated overnight from their homes in Bordeaux, France as wildfires escalated. Flames approached the city, forcing hundreds of thousands to leave as high temperatures and dry conditions worsened firefighting efforts across Europe.
In Bordeaux, over 300,000 residents faced evacuation due to two major wildfires that firefighters struggled to manage ("TheSun.co.uk"). The situation was so severe that authorities were preparing to evacuate an entire city. Across the Pyrenees in Spain, thousands fled their homes as fires spread ("ManchesterEveningNews.co.uk"). Meanwhile, France and Spain battled intense heat and drought conditions that fueled the blazes, with shifting winds complicating containment efforts ("SundayWorld.co.za").
