Overview
- Authorities ordered about 4,000 people evacuated Tuesday from campsites and tourist sites around Lacanau as the Gironde fire was described as stabilised but not fixed.
- The fires have forced roughly 330,000 people to flee and scorched thousands of square kilometres, including about 42,000 hectares in Gironde and more than 500 square kilometres in Ávila, Spain.
- Crews and military units have been mobilised across both countries, firefighters cut roughly 103 kilometres of firebreaks and 93 firefighters were reported injured in Gironde while aircraft carry out water drops.
- Officials say extreme heat and drought have made blazes unpredictable, producing self‑sustaining fire behaviour that generated local winds and rapid flare‑ups, and leaders linked the season to the climate emergency.
- Expect continued travel and tourism disruption, air quality risks from smoke and possible rapid flare‑ups if the incoming heatwave raises temperatures and lowers humidity.