Portugal and Spain among countries affected as rescue forces from Greece help battle blazes in southern France
President Macron has confirmed that 3,000 firefighters, assisted by rescue forces from Greece, are battling the blazes in southern FranceThe regional emergency service has confirmed that firefighters managed to contain one of the worst fires overnight, which had taken hold close to the Dune du Pilat in the Arcachon Bay area.
Firefighters have managed to contain one of France’s worst wildfires close to the Dune du Pilat in the Arcachon Bay area.The two fires have burned at least 9,650 hectares of land in recent days, while more than 12,200 people had been evacuated from France’s Gironde region by this morning. A “state of contingency” has been in effect since Sunday, with Portuguese state television RTP reporting on Friday that the area burned this year has already exceeded the 2021 total.Five regions in the centre and the north – where temperatures hit 47C on Thursday before falling slightly – were again on red alert on Friday as more than 2,000 firefighters tackled four major blazes.
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