The Bordeaux-area wildfires

O que mudou

• France's Gironde fire is its largest since 1949, erupting in pine forest near Bordeaux.
• After nine days the blaze was stabilized inside its perimeter around July 31-Aug. 1, allowing returns.
• The fire destroyed 42,000 hectares and around 240 homes and stayed active in some areas.
• The spark likely came from brushwood-clearing; 92,000 hectares burned in France in 2026.

Então ainda em aberto

• 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.

O que dissemos que iríamos acompanhar

• Whether held lines survive wind and heat without major reignition inside the 42,000-hectare perimeter.
• How returning towns house those whose homes were among the 240 destroyed and what aid follows.

O que mudou

• France ordered 4,000 more people evacuated from Atlantic tourist sites on July 28.
• Lecornu declared the Gironde fire under control on August 1 after more than a week.

Então ainda em aberto

• 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.

O que dissemos que iríamos acompanhar

• Whether under control becomes extinguished without new heat-driven flare-ups.
• How evacuees from campsites and Bordeaux shelters return, and what support follows.

O que mudou

• About 330,000 people were displaced across France and Spain as of July 28, including 4,000 newly ordered out on the French Atlantic coast that day.
• The French blaze alone burned an area four times the size of Paris and displaced more than 220,000 people as of July 27.
• Around a dozen countries sent planes, helicopters, firefighters and other aid to France and Spain.

Então ainda em aberto

• 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.

O que dissemos que iríamos acompanhar

• Whether the forecast heatwave re-ignites spread around Bordeaux and forces another wave of evacuations.
• Whether Spain’s early returns hold or reverse if winds shift.

O que mudou

• An additional 55,000 people were ordered to evacuate overnight into 26 July in southwest France.
• About 115,000 hectares had burned in France since the start of the year, described by the interior minister as far beyond past experience.

Então ainda em aberto

• 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.

O que dissemos que iríamos acompanhar

• Whether forecast heat strengthens the fire again and whether evacuees can return or face new orders.

O que mudou

• More than 250,000 people displaced across France and Spain; total climbed past 300,000 by Sunday. France deployed 1,400 then ~2,500 firefighters with 18 aircraft. Bordeaux's Parc des Expositions served as a mass shelter. Spain declared its first civil national emergency. Three deaths were confirmed. Nuñez called France's 2026 burn area a record, reported as either 98,000 or 115,000 hectares.

Então ainda em aberto

• 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.

O que dissemos que iríamos acompanhar

• Whether the Gironde perimeter holds as winds shift under the heat wave, and whether Spain extends or winds down its first-ever civil national emergency as the Castellón fire develops.

O que sabíamos inicialmente

• Two firefighters died July 21, 2026, in a blaze near Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport that began as a brush fire and spread to a building.
• A separate Var fire burned 2,550 hectares near Saint-Tropez on July 21–22, and by July 26 more than 220,000 people had been evacuated across southwestern France.

Então ainda em aberto

• 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.

O que dissemos que iríamos acompanhar

• Whether the Gironde and Var fronts are contained before the next round of evacuations, and whether the names and units of the two fallen firefighters are released.