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France Evacuates 40k, Spain Declares Emergency Amid Merging Fires

7/24/2026

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France evacuated about 40,000 people from the Cap Ferret peninsula while a wildfire burned 125 km².
Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez said the fire destroyed 80 homes and injured 42 firefighters.
President Emmanuel Macron invoked EU aid, securing aircraft from Croatia, Portugal, the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
Three fires near Madrid merged, burning roughly 6,000 ha, prompting a national emergency and the evacuation of up to 20,000 residents.

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France evacuated about 40,000 people from the Cap Ferret peninsula while a wildfire burned 125 km².
Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez said the fire destroyed 80 homes and injured 42 firefighters.
President Emmanuel Macron invoked EU aid, securing aircraft from Croatia, Portugal, the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
Three fires near Madrid merged, burning roughly 6,000 ha, prompting a national emergency and the evacuation of up to 20,000 residents.