The Bordeaux-area wildfires

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   Update 61 aug 14:12 UTC3 dagen later

   France Holds Its Biggest Fire Since 1949, Sends 200,000 Home to an Uncertain Edge

   Held after nine days, France's 42,000-hectare Gironde fire let ~200,000 evacuees return — but it is still active, and sources disagree on the scale of the flight.

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   • No verified toll for Le Porge as most-burned town, no verified population of 3,500, no verified Civile warning, and no verified count of seven Wednesday blazes.
   • No single agreed evacuation total; reports range from 84,000 cleared to return to more than 220,000 evacuated.
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   Update 529 jul 20:55 UTC36 uur later

   330,000 Forced to Flee as France Confronts Its Largest Wildfire Since 1949

   More than 330,000 people were displaced across southwestern Europe as France evacuated coastal campsites and fought a Gironde blaze four times the size of Paris.

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   • No confirmed containment percentage, ignition cause, area burned in hectares, or damage cost is established in these sources.
   • No verified July 29 temperature peak or forecast for relief appears in these sources.
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   Update 428 jul 08:33 UTC34 uur later

   330,000 Flee as France and Spain Face Worst Fires Since WWII

   France and Spain displaced about 330,000 people in late July 2026, with 4,000 more ordered out on July 28 even as Spain began limited returns — a fire crisis Macron called France's worst since WWII.

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   • No verified acreage for the Madrid-area fire and no verified Spanish national emergency declaration appear in the sources.
   • No confirmed final containment date or full damage toll is established in the file.
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   Update 326 jul 22:37 UTC26 uur later

   A quarter-million flee as Gironde fire surges toward Bordeaux

   Sources put the evacuation at 250,000 and rising, with overnight orders, packed shelters in Bordeaux, and a second fire near Madrid.

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   • No confirmed Gironde-only burned area, injury toll, homes destroyed, aircraft count, or single Spanish evacuation total in the sources provided.
   • No verified verbatim statement from the Lege-Cap-Ferret mayor in the sources provided.
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   Update 225 jul 20:53 UTC3 dagen later

   Quarter of a Million Flee as Wildfires Tear Across France and Spain

   Two countries, one weekend: the cross-border evacuation that turned Bordeaux into a shelter city and pushed Madrid into its first civil national emergency.

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   • Whether Madrid-region blazes merged, the burned-area figure inside the Madrid region, a Spain-only evacuation total separate from the cross-border figure, A400M retardant drops, the 3:30 a.m. evacuation start time, boat evacuations, and a Tour de France stage truncated and moved inside Paris — none confirmed by the wire reporting reviewed.
   • The exact French hectare figure: EFE reports ~98,000, France 24 reports 115,000. Both attribute the number to Interior Minister Nuñez on the same day.
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   Update 122 jul 15:15 UTC

   Two Firefighters Killed in Building Blaze Near Bordeaux Airport as France's Wildfire Crisis Spirals

   A July 21 fire in Mérignac claimed two first responders. Within days, more than 220,000 people were evacuated across the southwest — and the season is far from over.

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   • The total national area burned in 2026 and whether it has surpassed 2022 or any prior post-war record.
   • Whether the fatal Mérignac fire is being treated as arson, accident, or workplace incident — and whether any judicial investigation has been opened.