More than 250,000 people have been forced from their homes and holiday accommodation as a massive wildfire advances towards Bordeaux, deepening Europe's growing heatwave and wildfire crisis.
French authorities said the blaze in the Gironde region of southwestern France has already burned approximately 42,000 hectares—an area roughly four times the size of Paris—and destroyed hundreds of homes. Firefighters have spent days battling rapidly shifting flames as strong winds, dry vegetation and extreme temperatures continue to fuel the fire's expansion.
