France faces historic wildfire spread
The French Ministry of the Interior announced that approximately 98,000 hectares of forests have burned in the Gironde region in southwestern France, setting a historic record. The fires have continued to spread since last week due to a severe heatwave and drought. Around 30,000 people have been evacuated from the Landes area and 167,000 from Gironde, marking the largest civilian evacuation in France's history. For the first time, a military transport aircraft, an Airbus A400M, will be used to assist in extinguishing the flames.
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