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2026-07-25 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

Tens of thousands flee fires in France, blazes merge outside Madrid [Spain]

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Posted by Skidmark 2026-07-25 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [169 views ] Top

1 Stranded tourists flee for their lives by boat as 'apocalyptic mega-fire' triggers total evacuation of 'French Hamptons'

French President Emmanuel Macron has already requested help from the European Union as the country's battle against wildfires intensifies.

Images showed scores of residents boarding boats this morning as they evacuated the area while a French television report was interrupted by a fireball blast when a gas canister exploded.

Residents have described the inferno as a 'mega-fire' and 'apocalyptic', with few means of escape from the thin peninsula.

'France has requested the activation of the European Union's civil protection mechanism. 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,' wrote Macron on X on Friday.

Sophie Brocas, the prefect for the Nouvelle Aquitaine region, said on Friday that evacuees from the Lege-Cap-Ferret peninsula could leave from piers in four villages in the area between 7am and 10am local time.

All those still present in those villages must leave either on the boats or by the only road linking the area with the mainland, she added.

Posted by Skidmark 2026-07-25 04:26|| 2026-07-25 04:26|| Front Page Top

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