France, like the rest of Europe, has been struggling with successive heatwaves and its worst drought on record
Firefighters work to contain a fire in Belin-Beliet, as wildfires continue to spread in the Gironde region of southwestern France on Wednesday. Picture: STEPHANE MAHE/REUTERS
“Prepare your papers, the animals you can take with you, some belongings,” the Gironde municipality of Belin-Beliet said on Facebook before evacuating parts of the town. Firefighters said more evacuations were likely. Even so, some Hostens residents were reluctant to abandon their homes. “The fire is creating its own wind,” senior local official Martin Guespereau told reporters, adding that efforts to fight it were made more difficult by how unpredictable it was.
The Gironde wildfire is one of many that have broken out across Europe this summer, triggered by heatwaves that have baked the continent and brought record temperatures.
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