Tens of thousands of people flee raging wildfires in France and Spain

Large forest fires are burning out of control in south-western France and central Spain, prompting authorities to evacuate an estimated 87,000 people from their homes.Some even fled by boat when flames swept through the Cap Ferret peninsula on France’s Atlantic coast, which is popular with tourists.Dozens of firefighters have been injured, authorities said.Some 50 square miles have been consumed by the blaze that has raged since Wednesday near Cap Ferret.Wildfires also broke out in France’s Le Proge region (Caroline Blumberg/AP) (Caroline Blumberg/AP Photo/Caroline Blumberg) Located just 37 miles from Bordeaux, the peninsula normally offers stunning landscapes and sandy beaches as well as oyster-farming villages and upmarket resorts.About 67,000 residents in France escaped a larger area as