{"id":16578,"date":"2026-07-25T07:54:20","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T02:54:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=16578"},"modified":"2026-07-25T07:54:20","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T02:54:20","slug":"more-than-200000-people-flee-wildfires-in-france-spain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=16578","title":{"rendered":"More than 200,000 people flee wildfires in France, Spain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdnph.upi.com\/ph\/st\/th\/2521784942786\/2026\/upi_com\/057ff79e9d6b89df4f1456a51f22e9d1\/v1.5\/More-than-200000-people-flee-wildfires-in-France-Spain.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Spanish authorities declared a national emergency as three blazes burning near Madrid merged into one, forcing some 60,000 people from their homes. In France, 141,000 people were evacuated from the regions of Gironde and Landes. Photo by Damien Rembert\/EPA<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p><span class=\"story_dl\">July 24 (UPI) &#8212;<\/span> More than 200,000 people fled their homes on Friday in fear of powerful wildfires tearing through Spain and France.<\/p>\n<p>Spanish authorities declared a national emergency as three blazes burning near Madrid merged into one, forcing some 60,000 people from their homes.\n<\/p>\n<p>In France, 141,000 people were evacuated from the regions of Gironde and Landes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is the worst wildfire in our region&#8217;s history,&#8221; Madrid&#8217;s regional leader, Isabel D\u00edaz Ayuso, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2026\/jul\/24\/france-evacuation-cap-ferret-peninsula-wildfire\" target=\"_blank\">told reporters<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>France&#8217;s Interior Minister, Laurent Nunez, said 50 firefighters had been injured fighting the wildfire.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have never seen a convective fire of this magnitude,&#8221; Nunez told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/czjlenp0xk8o\" target=\"_blank\">TF1<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are going to reorganize our response so we can fight it from the ground and prevent it from advancing toward Bordeaux,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>In Madrid, firefighters said the blaze is beyond their control, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/czjlenp0xk8o\" target=\"_blank\">BBC<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The wildfire is at its peak and is currently beyond the capacity of firefighters to contain,&#8221; Carlos Novillo, emergency management chief in Madrid, told reporters.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s not possible to attack the fire in that area, so defensive measures are being taken,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>French President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.upi.com\/topic\/Emmanuel-Macron\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Emmanuel Macron\" class=\"tpstyle\">Emmanuel Macron<\/a> said the country requested support from the European Union.\n<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We will soon be able to count on reinforcements from two Croatian Canadair aircraft, two Portuguese Air Tractor planes, as well as two heavy Black Hawk helicopters from the Czech Republic and Slovakia,&#8221; Macron <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/EmmanuelMacron\/status\/2080421021006405681\" target=\"_blank\">wrote on X<\/a>. &#8220;This concrete, swift, and operational solidarity is a precious strength in the ordeal.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The president said the situation remains &#8220;under very high tension.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My thoughts go out to our firefighters and the rescue forces who are battling relentlessly on the fire front,&#8221; Macron added. &#8220;Their courage commands respect.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spanish authorities declared a national emergency as three blazes burning near Madrid merged into one, forcing some 60,000 people from their homes. In France, 141,000 people were evacuated from the regions of Gironde and Landes. 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