12,000 evacuated as wildfires spread across France’s Gironde region

About 12,000 people have been evacuated from the south-west of France and authorities are moving 8,800 others as wildfires spread in the Gironde region, the local prefect has said." Two local firefighters died earlier this week fighting another fire close to Bordeaux airport.

Meanwhile, in Spain residents have begun returning to their homes after wildfires broke out in the village of Almorox near Toledo, south of Madrid.