Wildfires threaten Bordeaux as France, Spain battle blazes - Reuters

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A massive wildfire tearing through south-west France has forced more than 220,000 people from their homes in the Gironde region alone, in what has become one of the largest evacuation operations in the country's history.Overnight on Sunday, authorities ordered a further 55,000 residents to leave five localities on the outskirts of Bordeaux as shifting, gusty winds drove the flames closer to the renowned wine city.The burnt area has swelled to an estimated 162 square miles, roughly four times the size of Paris, after pine forests and scrubland, left bone-dry by successive heatwaves, fuelled the inferno's relentless advance.A separate blaze in the neighbouring Landes region displaced an additional 30,000 people, pushing the total across France's south-west beyond 250,000.

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TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say Bordeaux's mayor, Thomas Cazenave, told reporters at a displacement shelter that the city had no immediate plans to move its 270,000 inhabitants.

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He said: "We're very vigilant.

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France wildfires creep toward wine city of Bordeaux

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Wildfires threaten Bordeaux as France, Spain battle blazes

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