Climate
Wildfires Near Bordeaux: Thousands Evacuated on July 25, 2026
Thousands of residents from Le Haillan, Eysines and Merignac—suburbs southwest of Bordeaux—were evacuated on July 25, 2026, as forest fires gripping the region showed no signs of slowing. Sophie Brocas, prefect of Nouvelle-Aquitaine (France's administrative region created in 2015 and encompassing the Bordeaux area) and the Gironde department, announced the evacuations via social media platform X. On the same day, Spanish authorities warned that winds threatened to intensify ongoing wildfires across Spain. These incidents are part of a broader wave of simultaneous fires affecting both France and Spain.