Lège-Cap-Ferret, France, July 24, 2026 (AFP) - Over 100,000 flee or hole up indoors as wildfires rage in France and Spain

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2026-07-24

French and Spanish authorities Friday ordered some of the largest evacuations ever as out-of-control forest fires raged near Madrid and an upscale touristy region in southwestern France, forcing over 100,000 people to flee or hole up indoors. Spain and France called in European Union help as flames whipped up by strong winds and boosted by drought tore through tinder-dry forests. Carlos Novillo, the Madrid regional government's emergency manag......

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