FRANCE WILDFIRE: Massive Blaze Destroys Homes As 1,000 Firefighters Battle Inferno | Times Now World
France is battling one of its most catastrophic wildfire crises in decades, forcing the evacuation of over 110,000 residents and tourists from the popular Cap Ferret peninsula in the southwestern Gironde region. The out-of-control firestorm has already scorched more than 14,000 hectares of forest, destroyed over 100 homes, and crossed critical firebreaks, with authorities warning that the blaze is generating its own convective weather and shifting winds unpredictably toward the Bordeaux metropolitan area. French President Emmanuel Macron has called in military support and activated the European Union's Civil Protection Mechanism, triggering an emergency deployment of water bombers and firefighting teams from nations across Europe to reinforce local responders. In southeastern France, nearly 500 firefighters are desperately defending the historic medieval centre of Cotignac in the Var department as extreme heat and tinder-dry conditions threaten to escalate Europe's worst natural disaster of the summer.
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