{"id":51832,"date":"2026-07-25T08:51:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T03:06:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/?p=51832"},"modified":"2026-07-25T08:51:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T03:06:14","slug":"more-than-220000-evacuated-in-france-and-spain-due-to-wildfires","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/more-than-220000-evacuated-in-france-and-spain-due-to-wildfires\/","title":{"rendered":"More than 220,000 evacuated in France and Spain due to wildfires"},"content":{"rendered":"
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BBC<\/strong>: French authorities have ordered the evacuation of almost 60,000 people near Bordeaux, taking the total number of people told to flee wildfires in France and Spain to more than 220,000.<\/p>\n

Around 200,000 people have been evacuated in south-west France in the Gironde and Landes regions. French President Emmanuel Macron has mobilised the military to assist the response.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, a fire near Madrid is “beyond the capacity” of firefighters to contain, Spanish officials have warned, after three fires west of the capital merged into a single blaze.<\/p>\n

Spain’s government has declared a national emergency, with 25,000 people told to evacuate and almost 40,00 told to stay indoors.<\/p>\n

Madrid’s regional president Isabel D\u00edaz Ayuso described it as the “worst fire in the history of the region”, with the area facing a “perfect storm” of high temperatures, relentless wind and merging fire fronts.<\/p>\n

In Spain, local emergency services said wildfires were moving towards the municipalities of Robledo de Chavela and Fresnedillas de la Olivia, around 50km (31 miles) from the capital.<\/p>\n

“The wildfire is at its peak and is currently beyond the capacity of firefighters to contain,” Carlos Novillo, the Madrid regional government’s emergency management chief, told reporters.<\/p>\n

“It’s not possible to attack the fire in that area, so defensive measures are being taken,” he added.<\/p>\n

Reuters A person runs as the fire spreads in the mountains of Navaluenga, Avila, SpainReuters
\nA woman runs as a wildfire spreads through Avila province in Spain
\nThe Military Emergency Unit (UME) has been deployed to try to halt the advance of the flames, with its main focus protecting areas near the town of El Escorial.<\/p>\n

Authorities are also monitoring a separate wildfire in nearby \u00c1vila province, where officials fear the huge Burgohondo blaze could merge with the Madrid fire.<\/p>\n

Spain’s Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska said authorities were doing “everything we can” to prevent the two merging.<\/p>\n

More than 60,000 people have been affected in the Madrid region, with 30,000 forced to evacuate and 20,000 placed under lockdown, authorities said.<\/p>\n

Francisco Mart\u00edn, the government delegate in Madrid, warned those numbers could rise as “embers are flying for miles and the fire is jumping great distances”.
\nThe mayor of El Tiemblo, one of the affected areas in \u00c1vila, said flames spread from Navaluenga to the Iruelas Valley – a distance of about 20km (12 miles) – in less than half an hour. “It was horrific,” Arturo Varas Gonz\u00e1lez told laSexta.<\/p>\n

At least 6,000 hectares of land have burned in the Madrid region, while the \u00c1vila blaze has consumed almost 9,000 hectares, according to officials.<\/p>\n

Eight municipalities have been evacuated, including Chapiner\u00eda, Navas del Rey, Colmenar del Arroyo, Fresnedillas de la Oliva, Robledo de Chavela, Aldea del Fresno, Navalagamella and Zarzalejo.<\/p>\n

Several other towns, including San Mart\u00edn de Valdeiglesias, Pelayos de la Presa and Villa del Prado, remain under lockdown.<\/p>\n

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