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Thousands flee raging wildfires in southern Europe

The blaze in southwestern France near the town of Perpignan broke out over the weekend

ILLE-SUR-TêT (FRANCE) - Wildfires raged across southern Europe on Monday, forcing thousands of people to evacuate their homes and prompting officials to ban spectators from a stage of the storied Tour de France cycling race.

Hundreds of firefighters are battling blazes that have devastated more than 19,000 hectares (42,000 acres) of land -- an area more than twice the size of Manhattan -- across Portugal, Spain, France and Greece.

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