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270 thousand people evacuated. Forest fires are getting out of control in Spain and France


Forced in The French authorities requested the evacuation of about (270) thousand people.

The Minister of the Interior explained Laurent Nunez said that the authorities evacuated (167) thousand people near the city of Bordeaux and the Gironde region, and (30) thousand in the Landes region in the southwest of the country.

Forest fires

He pointed out that the fires had destroyed about (98) thousand hectares since the beginning of the year.

In Spain, the Ministry of the Interior announced the evacuation of (70) thousand people, while Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez stressed that the priority was to save lives, warning It is difficult to put out the raging fires near Madrid.

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