Villages and cities went up in smoke! Forest fire in France and Spain killed 2.5 lakh people

Paris/Madrid: The forest fires in France and Spain have forced a large population to leave their homes. Wildfires have caused massive destruction amid the scorching heat in Southern Europe. Due to forest fires in France and Spain, more than 2.5 lakh people have had to evacuate their homes. About 70,000 people have had to flee from Central Spain alone.

use of planes to extinguish fire

The fire that broke out in the Gironde region of southwestern France is now moving towards the areas around the city of Bordeaux. To combat the devastating fire, France on Saturday prepared to field A400M military transport aircraft specifically designed for firefighting operations. This aircraft is capable of dropping about 20 tons of water at a time. The government has dispatched troops to join the fight and has ordered 1.5 million face masks to protect against the choking smoke.

1,300 firefighters are busy extinguishing the fire in France

French Interior Minister Laurent Nunez said the battle to control the fire could be long and extremely difficult. About 1,300 firefighters are engaged in extinguishing the fire, while a large number of soldiers have also been deployed in the operation. The administration has ordered people in many areas, including the western suburbs of Bordeaux, to immediately move to safe places.

A staff of 2,600 people is busy in controlling the epidemic in Spain.

2,600 firefighters, police and other emergency workers are deployed to battle two major blazes west of Madrid. Along with them, 19 water-dropping planes and helicopters are also engaged in extinguishing the fire.

1.30 lakh hectares of forest in the grip of fire

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said that so far this year, about 1.30 lakh hectares of forests in the country have been affected by fire, whereas in the last decade the average was about one lakh hectares annually. He said that improvement in the weather has given an opportunity to control the fire.

Many countries of Europe offered help

Due to this year’s unusual heat and climate change, forest fires are spreading rapidly in France and Spain. Many other countries in Europe have also offered to provide water-dropping planes and helicopters to France and Spain to control the fire. Let us tell you that before this Huge fire in the forests of Greece It had started. A father and his 12-year-old son died in this fire, while the child’s mother was seriously burnt. After another large forest fire broke out in central Greece, authorities ordered people from two villages to immediately move to safe places.

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