New evacuation from tourist sites near Bordeaux as France and Spain fight wildfires
by Angela Giuffrida and Ajit Niranjan from on (#779QT)
French authorities order evacuation of almost 4,000 people from Lacanau resort amid return of heatwave
The evacuation of nearly 4,000 people from tourist sites on France's Atlantic coast is under way as the return of winds and extreme heat jeopardised firefighters' battles to contain wildfires raging to the west of Bordeaux.
The precautionary evacuation order, which covers campsites, holiday villages and other tourist accommodation around the resort of Lacanau, exacerbated a wildfire emergency described by the French president, Emmanuel Macron, as the toughest" situation the country had dealt with since the second world war".
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