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220,000 Evacuated as Bordeaux Wildfires Rage, Aid Arrives

7/29/2026

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France Evacuates

France evacuated about 220,000 people from the Bordeaux wine region as wildfires swept it.
Fires burned an area four times Paris’s size and neared Bordeaux’s outskirts.
Firefighters said the blaze stopped growing on Monday, the first sign of containment.
A vine-pull scheme pays growers to uproot vines after the Liv-ex index showed a near-20% loss.
Thomas Duroux of Château Palmer said water scarcity drives temporary irrigation permits for young vines.

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France Receives Aid

Switzerland sent two Super Puma helicopters and crews to assist French firefighting efforts.
Turkey, Italy and Greece each contributed Canadair aircraft while Portugal dispatched a wildfire intervention team.
France mobilised 1,500 soldiers and a modified A400M water-drop plane to build firebreaks and drop retardant.
Two French firefighters and an elderly civilian died in Valencia, marking Spain’s first civilian fire fatality.

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France Evacuates

France evacuated about 220,000 people from the Bordeaux wine region as wildfires swept it.
Fires burned an area four times Paris’s size and neared Bordeaux’s outskirts.
Firefighters said the blaze stopped growing on Monday, the first sign of containment.
A vine-pull scheme pays growers to uproot vines after the Liv-ex index showed a near-20% loss.
Thomas Duroux of Château Palmer said water scarcity drives temporary irrigation permits for young vines.

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