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Macron convenes crisis meeting as 300k evacuated in France-Spain wildfires

7/28/2026

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Macron convened an interministerial crisis meeting on 25 July 2026 to coordinate wildfire response.
Over 300,000 people were evacuated, including 220,000 from Gironde and Landes and 75,000 from central Spain.
Fires have burned about 42,000 hectares in Gironde and over 119,000 hectares in Spain since the start of the year.
Three people died, a 78-year-old man in Manises and two French firefighters near Bordeaux.

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Macron convened an interministerial crisis meeting on 25 July 2026 to coordinate wildfire response.
Over 300,000 people were evacuated, including 220,000 from Gironde and Landes and 75,000 from central Spain.
Fires have burned about 42,000 hectares in Gironde and over 119,000 hectares in Spain since the start of the year.
Three people died, a 78-year-old man in Manises and two French firefighters near Bordeaux.