UK papers: 'Summer of chaos' and 'water bosses' pay rises'

The wildfires sweeping through Europe is prominent across many of Saturday's papers.

France and Spain race to control wildfires as suburbs of Bordeaux begin evacuation – live

Officials in Spain warn winds could worsen fires on Saturday Tell us: have you been affected by wildfires in Europe? French authorities evacuated thousands of people from ⁠suburbs near Bordeaux on Saturday as wildfires in areas around the ⁠city showed no ⁠signs ​of abating, the Reuters news agency reports Sophie Brocas, who heads the local administration of La Nouvelle-Aquitaine ⁠et de la Gironde which covers the Bordeaux region, said on X ⁠that the areas of Le Haillan, Eysines ​and Merigna...

By Hamish Mackay

Spanish police accuse tractor driver of sparking wildfire as blazes spread

The number of people forced to flee the heatwave-induced fires in Spain and France has now passed the 100,000 mark.

Europe wildfires: Thousands flee by boat as fires spread, merge

Tens of thousands hopped onto cars and boats to escape wildfires raging in southwestern France. In Spain's Madrid region, authorities declared a national emergency after at least two fires merged.

'The problem has been extremely high winds': Wildfires sweep through southwest France

FRANCE 24 reporter Luke Shrago talks about the "tinder-box dry conditions" that have fuelled the wildfires approaching the city of Bordeaux in France's southwest.

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Raining ash and a tower of black smoke: Families flee ‘apocalyptic’ wildfires on the road out of Lège-Cap Ferret

Thousands abandoned their homes in the early hours of Friday morning as massive wildfires spread across France. Residents tell Maira Butt that many families have lost everything, while others don’t know when they can return

By Maira Butt

'Intense, highly unpredictable': Over 200,000 evacuated as massive wildfires engulf Spain, France

By TOI WORLD DESK

Tens of thousands flee fires in France, blazes merge outside Madrid

Tens of thousands of people fled wildfires in southwest France by car and boat on Friday, and Spain declared a national emergency as huge blazes merged outside Madrid and searing heat left tinder-dry conditions across the region. French authorities ordered the total evacuation of the Cap Ferret peninsula, a tourism hotspot on its Atlantic Coast. […]

Madrid menaced by wildfires as France’s Cap Ferret evacuated

Spain declared a state of emergency and sent the military to try to contain wildfires near Madrid, while France evacuated thousands of tourists threatened by a blaze west of Bordeaux. More than 10,000 people have been evacuated from areas as close as 50 kilometers (31 miles) to the Spanish capital, with more than 270 firefighters trying to extinguish the blazes. In Ávila province, about 1,500 people have been evacuated. Spain and France have been at the epicenter of Europe’s wildfire season, whi

By The Korea Herald

166,000 evacuated as wildfires spin out of control in France and Spain

Madrid and Paris have called in EU help as flames whipped up by strong winds and boosted by drought tore through tinder-dry forests.

Fires spark emergency in Spain, threaten Bordeaux's famed wineries

French and Spanish residents have fled in shock over the extent of this season's wildfires.

Macron calls for EU reinforcements as France battles spreading wildfires

President Emmanuel Macron has requested assistance from aircraft and helicopters through the European Union's civil protection mechanism as wildfires intensify across France, while authorities have ordered the evacuation of everyone on the popular Cap-Ferret peninsula.

By RFI

More than 160,000 flee out-of-control wildfires in France, Spain

France and Spain evacuated more than 160,000 people as unprecedented forest fires ravaged areas on Saturday near Madrid and Bordeaux The post More than 160,000 flee out-of-control wildfires in France, Spain appeared first on Vanguard News.

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“It’s impossible to extinguish the fire”: Madrid firefighters face defeat as two huge blazes burn out of control

Two major wildfires threaten to merge west of Madrid as Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez prepares to visit the emergency zone tomorrow, while a blaze near Bordeaux forces tens of thousands to flee across southern France The post “It’s impossible to extinguish the fire”: Madrid firefighters face defeat as two huge blazes burn out of control appeared first on ProtoThema English.

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