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Macron Seeks EU Aid as 10,000 Evacuated in Bordeaux Wildfire

7/24/2026

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President Emmanuel Macron on July 24, 2026 requested EU assistance to activate the civil protection mechanism for the Atlantic-coast wildfire.
Reinforcements will include two Croatian Canadair aircraft, two Portuguese Air Tractor planes, and two Black Hawk helicopters from the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
More than 10,000 people were evacuated overnight in southwestern France as the fire spread.
Officials reported the wildfire had burned at least 2,400 hectares west of Bordeaux.

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President Emmanuel Macron on July 24, 2026 requested EU assistance to activate the civil protection mechanism for the Atlantic-coast wildfire.
Reinforcements will include two Croatian Canadair aircraft, two Portuguese Air Tractor planes, and two Black Hawk helicopters from the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
More than 10,000 people were evacuated overnight in southwestern France as the fire spread.
Officials reported the wildfire had burned at least 2,400 hectares west of Bordeaux.