About 14,000 people had been evacuated from France's Gironde region by this afternoon as more than 1,200 firefighters battled to bring the flames under control, regional authorities said in a statement.
In the latest weather warning, 38 of France's 96 departments were listed on"orange" alert, with residents of those areas urged to be vigilant. The heatwave in western France is expected to peak on Monday, with temperatures climbing above 40C. More than 3,000 people have been evacuated from homes due to a large wildfire near Mijas, a town in the province of Malaga that is popular with northern European tourists, the region's emergency services said in a tweet this morning.
Across the Mediterranean from Europe, blazes in Morocco ripped through more than 5,000 acres of forest in the northern areas of Larache, Ouazzane, Taza and Tetouane, killing at least one person, local authorities said.
Never seen the sun today at all. Just clouds.
Meanwhile here in Ireland my wife and I are sitting out in the garden in this 'heateave' with fleeces on us. Probably go in a few minutes or get a winters coat out
Have any of u see the laser thing on the planes they use to start forest fires are man made
The Tour de France is on. Get a grip of yourselves. It’s called summer
A few days at 40c is not that unusual in Spain in July .....
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Remember this fire in Greece?
well stop the WEF agents setting the alight then
Arsonists
Blistering bwahahaha
Public are buying into the BS Net Zero agenda, time to rethink your strategy!
Global elite, 'The smoke from all of these global fires will surely cool the planet, so it's all working out just fine.'