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Wildfires force mass evacuations in France and Spain

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  • About 220,000 people have been evacuated in France and more than 75,000 in Spain, while another 30,000 Spaniards were told to shelter in place.
  • A fire near Bordeaux was about 15 kilometres from the city’s entry points, and authorities said it was moving toward the urban area.
  • Police evacuated residents door to door overnight in Marcheprime and Cestas as firefighters worked to contain the French blaze.
  • More than 50,000 hectares have burned in Spain’s Avila region, which officials described as the country’s largest wildfire in recent history.
  • Spain’s government said it will declare a civil protection emergency Tuesday for central provinces affected by the fires.
  • Greece and Italy sent firefighting aircraft to Spain, while Portugal deployed more than 100 military personnel and Turkey prepared two additional planes.
  • A separate blaze in Spain’s Castellon province has burned more than 4,300 hectares and entered the Sierra de Espadan natural park.

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Spain’s government said it will declare a civil protection emergency Tuesday for central provinces affected by the wildfires, unlocking additional recovery funding.

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Macron is scheduled to hold a crisis cabinet meeting, while Sanchez is set to visit fire-hit areas in Valencia.

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