A major wildfire in southwestern France has destroyed 42,000 hectares and forced over 220,000 people to evacuate from regions including tourist sites on the Atlantic coast. Returning heat waves are hampering firefighting efforts and prompting additional emergency evacuations.
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Firefighters called in as reinforcements from Paris battle the massive wildfire in Gironde, which has already ravaged 42,000 hectares and forced 220,000 people to flee their homes.
French authorities ordered nearly 4,000 more people to evacuate from tourist sites on the Atlantic coast as returning heat threatened firefighters’ fragile hold on a vast wildfire west of Bordeaux. The blaze in the Gironde region has burned and forced 220,000 people to evacuate. French authorities have ordered nearly 4,000 more people to evacuate from tourist sites on the Atlantic coast.
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A massive wildfire in southwest France has forced over 220,000 people to evacuate.
Authorities in France have ordered 4,000 more people to evacuate from its tourist sites along its Atlantic coast, as returning heat threatens to erase the gains of firefighters. NBC’s Raf Sanchez reports for TODAY from France.