French forest fire spreads further due to strong wind, heat reaches Bordeaux; people who ran away from home

Due to the terrible fire in the forest of South-West France, about 55 thousand people were forced to leave their homes and go to safe places last Sunday night. Thus, the total number of people who left their homes in just one area has reached close to 2 lakh 20 thousand, as this fire has reached closer to Bordeaux, a city famous for wine. Authorities in Gironde, where the city of Bordeaux is located, ordered people in five other areas to evacuate overnight.

Fire spread to more areas due to strong winds

Authorities in Gironde, where the city of Bordeaux is located, ordered people in five other areas to evacuate overnight. According to the statement of the officers, the strong winds that blew throughout the night further instigated this fire, due to which the fire which had been burning since the middle of the week, started spreading rapidly. In addition, a partial closure of a major highway leading from Bordeaux to the south-west was also ordered.

The fire reached 9 kilometers away from Bordeaux city

The mayor of Bordeaux said the fire was “still at the limits of the metropolitan area” and had reached its closest distance of 15 kilometers from Bordeaux. Due to another fire in the Landes area in Southern France, 30 thousand people had to leave their homes this week, taking the total number of people who left their homes due to the fire to more than 2.5 lakh people.

70 thousand people were evacuated to safe place in Spain

Apart from this, in France’s neighboring country Spain, due to the fire west of Madrid, officials have evacuated 70 thousand people to safe places this week. Relief and rescue teams are continuously engaged in the rescue operation. Due to fire, people are being forced to leave their homes. This fire is also causing massive damage to the environment. Many wild animals have also been burnt in the fire. A team of about 4 thousand relief workers is engaged in extinguishing the forest fires in France and Spain..

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