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France evacuates thousands as fires displace a third of a million in southwest Europe
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French authorities have expanded evacuation orders for thousands of people along the Atlantic coast due to persistent and dangerous wildfires. While some residents in surrounding areas are being allowed to return, the situation remains precarious as Spain also battles its largest heat wave and wildfire season on record.
LEGE-CAP FERRET, France — French authorities ordered 4,000 more people evacuated from tourist sites along its Atlantic coast on Tuesday, widening what may be France's largest peacetime evacuation as returning heat threatened firefighters' fragile hold on a vast wildfire west of Bordeaux.
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