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- France evacuated over 20,000 people from Gironde as a wildfire near Bordeaux spread.
- The fire, ignited near Saumos, burned 2,400 hectares of pine forest in under 24 hours.
- Prefect Sophie Brocas deployed about 700 firefighters and water-bombing planes, while President Emmanuel Macron secured EU aid that brought aircraft from four neighboring countries after two firefighters died fighting a separate blaze near Bordeaux airport.
