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Over 220,000 Evacuated Amid French Wildfires
French authorities announced that the wildfires in the Gironde region in southwestern France have consumed approximately 42,000 hectares of land and have led to the evacuation of over 220,000 people, making it one of the largest civilian evacuations in France outside of conflict periods. The main cause is high temperatures and severe droughts during June and July, which have increased the speed of fire spread and complicated containment efforts. Firefighting teams, supported by around 1,500 soldiers and military transport aircraft of the A400M type, are working to control the fire, which remains under observation and is considered highly unpredictable due to changing and dangerous weather conditions.
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