Macron calls crisis meeting as wildfires threaten Bordeaux and heatwave looms
Earlier he said there were no plans to evacuate the population of about 850,000. France's main fire in the Gironde region has caused an unprecedented...
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- Earlier he said there were no plans to evacuate the population of about 850,000.
- France's main fire in the Gironde region has caused an unprecedented "pyrocumulonimbus" - a giant fire thunderstorm fuelled by its own winds and lightning, said the National Firefighters Federation of France (FNSPF).
- Spain's Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska, who is expected to visit affected areas in Valencia on Monday, said the fires were advancing slowly.
- "Difficult hours lie ahead," said Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez during a visit to the fire zone in Ávila province, west of Madrid.
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Earlier he said there were no plans to evacuate the population of about 850,000. France's main fire in the Gironde region has caused an unprecedented "pyrocumulonimbus" - a giant fire thunderstorm fuelled by its own winds and lightning, said the National Firefighters Federation of France (FNSPF). Spain's Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska, who is expected to visit affected areas in Valencia on Monday, said the fires were advancing slowly. "Difficult hours lie ahead," said Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez during a visit to the fire zone in Ávila province, west of Madrid. Spain's King Felipe VI said the wildfires had caused "incalculable" damage to the country's natural heritage, as he toured an emergency shelter in Villamanta, south-west of the capital. Around 77,000 hectares have been affected by the fires in Spain, minister for ecological transition, Sara Aagesen, said on Sunday.