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Key points
- Wildfires in France and Spain have displaced more than 250,000 people, including 70,000 evacuees in central Spain.
- France is preparing an A400M aircraft to spread fire retardant over the Gironde blaze, Interior Minister Laurent Nunez said.
- Authorities ordered evacuations west of Bordeaux as shifting winds threatened to push the fire toward the city.
- France mobilised soldiers, 1,300 firefighters and 1.5 million protective masks for fires in Gironde and Landes.
- Spain assigned 2,600 firefighters, police officers and other emergency workers to two fires west of Madrid, supported by 19 aircraft and helicopters.
- Dozens of firefighters were injured, but authorities reported no deaths in either country.
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France and Spain expanded emergency deployments as evacuations exceeded 250,000 people and fires threatened areas west of Bordeaux and Madrid.
Initial report
Wildfires in Spain and France force evacuation of 200,000 people.
Latest development
France is preparing an A400M aircraft and additional personnel while authorities evacuate communities west of Bordeaux and track winds pushing the Gironde fire eastward.
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