France evacuates Cap Ferret as wildfires surge across country

French President Emmanuel Macron ordered evacuations of the tourist hotspot Cap Ferret as over 100 wildfires raged across France, with residents fleeing by boats and dinghies. Macron requested emergency aid from the European Union to combat the escalating crisis.

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France sends boats to evacuate tourist hotspot Cap Ferret as wildfires rage | CNN

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Dunkirk moments for Climate in the 21st Century. People are jumping onto boats, dinghies, anything really to escape the onrush of fast moving wildfires. Over a 100 separate blazes in towns in France and Spain. 200,000+ people forced to flee per cnn edition.cnn.com/2026/07/24/e... French authorities ordered the complete evacuation of the Cap Ferret peninsula on Friday, launching boats to help rescu