Wildfires displace 330,000 people across southwestern Europe

Massive wildfires in France and Spain have displaced approximately 330,000 residents, with authorities ordering additional evacuations of 4,000 people. The fires have forced abandonment of homes and vacation sites across the region.

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France orders 4,000 more evacuated as fires displace a third of a million across southwest Europe

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Even as homes burned nearby and authorities urged tourists to stay away to avoid risk of death, one family told Le Parisien newspaper it had set out rather than forfeit a 4,000-euro holiday, while another group debated abandoning a trip that had cost 650 euros each. apnews.com/article/euro... Across France and Spain, roughly 330,000 people have been driven from homes and vacation sites by fires of