Climate
Over 250,000 evacuated in France and Spain as wildfires rage, July 25, 2026
Uncontrolled forest fires ravaging France and Spain forced over 250,000 people to evacuate on July 25, 2026, according to authorities. In France, 197,000 people were evacuated, including tens of thousands from Bordeaux. Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez called the evacuations "probably" the largest peacetime evacuation France has ever experienced. Spain declared a national emergency for wildfires—a historic first. No deaths have been reported, though dozens of French firefighters were injured.
