Europe’s wildfire crisis shifts as some 200,000 French return but new blazes force thousands to flee

Firefighters held a vast wildfire inside its perimeter in southwestern France on Saturday, allowing about 198,000 people to return home after what may have been the country’s largest peacetime evacuation, even as renewed fires forced thousands from their homes elsewhere in France and Greece.

Europe’s wildfire crisis shifts as some 200,000 French return but new blazes force thousands to flee  Toronto Star

Hundreds were evacuated by sea from a Greek resort as renewed fires in France and Greece underscored how quickly days of firefighting progress can be reversed

Firefighters have contained a vast wildfire in southwestern France, allowing nearly 200,000 people to return home after what may have been the country’s largest peacetime evacuation

Firefighters have contained a vast wildfire in southwestern France, allowing nearly 200,000 people to return home after what may have been the country’s largest peacetime evacuation

Europe’s wildfire crisis shifts as some 200,000 French return but new blazes force thousands to flee  AP News

Firefighters in the Gironde region of France said the situation had "stabilized", after a week of wildfires caused by a major heatwave across Europe.

FRENCH authorities gave the go-ahead today for 84,000 evacuees forced out by a monster wildfire to go back to their homes in south-west France. The move is the strongest sign yet that firefighters are turning a corner in their battle against the flames that have burnt an area four times the size of Paris. The authorise