Europe wildfires: France expands mass evacuations as Spain battles record blaze

Over 20 aircraft have been deployed to fight new fires west of Bordeaux, and Spanish firefighters fear two fires could merge west of Madrid. Scientists say climate change is fueling more extreme fires across Europe.

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Evacuation orders have been issued for areas from north of Clements Ln to south of Valley Springs as crews continue battling the fire.

3 min readNew DelhiJul 27, 2026 05:51 PM IST Flames rip through a forest near Bordeaux, France, as firefighters battle fast-moving wildfires fuelled by extreme heat and strong winds. (Source: AP) More than 300,000 people have fled their homes as massive wildfires continue to sweep across France and Spain, driven by str

Firefighters in France and Spain face another day battling wildfires that have seen hundreds of thousands of people evacuated Pedro Sánchez says Spain is suffering effects of climate crisis as firefighters battle wildfires in France Angelique Chrisafis in Paris, Sam Jones in Madrid and Jennifer Rankin Wildfires have

Wildfires in Europe have displaced about 300,000 people this week

LEGE-CAP FERRET, France (AP) -- France sent a hulking military cargo plane to dump tons of flame retardants as it battled raging wildfires on Saturday

France sent a hulking military cargo plane to dump tons of flame retardants as it battled raging wildfires Saturday and slashed the final stage of Tour de France to redeploy security personnel to the blazes that forced tens of thousands of people to flee their homes. The latest wildfires in southern Europe this week ha

At least one person has died in a fire in Spain, according to officials.

The latest wildfires in southern Europe this week have displaced more than 250,000 people, including some 70,000 people who were evacuated in central Spain.

A French military cargo plane was used to dump tons of flame retardants as wildfires continued to burn.

The fires in the parched countryside have forced 70,000 people to flee their homes, the government said, in what officials have called the region's worst fire on record.