The Hindu·3 min read·medium
France orders 4,000 more evacuated as fires displace a third of a million across southwest Europe
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Southwest Europe is facing a massive wildfire crisis, with France ordering thousands of additional evacuations near Bordeaux. The heatwave has displaced over 330,000 people across France and Spain, marking one of the largest peacetime evacuation operations in French history.
French authorities ordered 4,000 more people evacuated from tourist sites along its Atlantic coast on Tuesday (July 28, 2026), 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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