Wildfires rage near French and Spanish cities

Major wildfires are stretching firefighting capacity across France and Spain, forcing the evacuation of hundreds of thousands of people

France: Fires in Gironde region have scorched more than 42,000 hectares – among country’s largest since World War II – forcing more than 200,000 people to evacuate

Active fires in last 24 hours
(as of Jul 27)

ATLANTIC OCEAN
Bay of Biscay
FRANCE
Cap Ferret
Le Porge
Arcachon
Lège-Cap-Ferret
Bordeaux
Biscarrosse
Libourne

Spain: Wildfires near Madrid have burned more than 70,000 hectares – largest in country’s recent history – forcing more than 90,000 people to evacuate

SPAIN
Ávila
Piedralaves
San Martín de Valdeiglesias
Madrid
Segovia
12 miles
20km
12 miles
20km

Sources: NASA Firms, AFP, Reuters, BBC
Picture: Google maps
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