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Devastating wildfires send 267,000 fleeing in France and Spain
Jul 25, 2026 (AFP)
Unchecked wildfires raging Saturday in France's southwest and near Spain's capital Madrid have forced 267,000 people to flee and prompted Paris to deploy its mi...
Wildfires send nearly 260,000 fleeing in France and Spain
Jul 25, 2026 (AFP)
Unchecked wildfires raging Saturday in France's southwest and near Spain's capital Madrid have forced nearly 260,000 people to flee and prompted Paris to deploy...
'Difficult night' as France, Spain fires intensify again
Jul 25, 2026 (AFP)
Powerful wildfires that have whipped up whirlwinds were scorching parts of France Saturday, with Spain also battling an inferno as more than 300,000 people acro...
Fires in Europe: latest developments
Jul 25, 2026 (AFP)
Here are the main developments related to the wildfires raging in Spain and France on Saturday:
Fires in Europe: latest developments
Jul 25, 2026 (AFP)
Here are the main developments related to the wildfires raging in Spain and France on Saturday:
Close to Madrid, those who escaped flames worry what is next
Jul 25, 2026 (AFP)
Elvira Menendez slept little last night. Her local municipal gym is nothing like home.
France's A400M military aircraft carries out first firefighting mission
Jul 25, 2026 (AFP)
A military transport plane deployed by the French government on Saturday to help fight wildfires carried out its first firefighting mission, AFP journalists saw...
Meta quits clean energy pledge amid gas-powered data center push
Jul 25, 2026 (AFP)
Meta has abandoned a global pledge by leading companies to source all of their electricity from renewable sources, the social media giant confirmed Friday.
Paris sends 100 firefighters to battle southwest fires
Jul 25, 2026 (AFP)
Around 100 Paris firefighters were being deployed Saturday to southwest France to help battle raging wildfires, the head of the Paris Fire Brigade told AFP.
Fires in Europe: latest developments
Jul 24, 2026 (AFP)
The main events Friday in wildfires raging in southern Europe.
Thousands flee wildfires in southern Europe
Jul 24, 2026 (AFP)
Luggage-clad residents and tourists fled a French peninsula by boat and the smell of smoke drifted into parts of Madrid on Friday as wildfires swept through par...
Climate change, urban growth fuel Lagos flooding
Jul 24, 2026 (AFP)
After hours of overnight torrential rain lashed Lagos recently, church pastor Samuel Akpan spent most of the next day bailing water from his flooded parsonage i...
Women sand miners toil stripped Cape Verde beach
Jul 24, 2026 (AFP)
On a rocky Cape Verde beach, Maria and Vania fill their buckets with black sand the moment that waves recede, transporting it on their heads to a stockpile wher...
Deadly wildfires in Europe force thousands to flee
Jul 24, 2026 (AFP)
Wildfires fanned by scorching temperatures and strong winds swept through parts of western Europe on Friday, triggering a state of emergency in the Spanish capi...
More than 80,000 flee forest infernos in France and Spain
Jul 24, 2026 (AFP)
Europe's wildfire crisis forced more than 80,000 people to flee for safety Friday, as holidaymakers boarded boats to escape fires on one French peninsula and Sp...
19,000 people evacuated or confined due to Madrid wildfires: official
Jul 24, 2026 (AFP)
At least 19,000 people in the Madrid region have been evacuated or ordered to remain indoors due to wildfires that have become the worst in the region's history...
Some 40,000 people evacuated due to wildfire in southwest France: minister
Jul 24, 2026 (AFP)
Some 40,000 people have been evacuated from a popular tourist destination in southwest France due to a wildfire that has already ravaged more than 10,000 hectar...
Thousands flee wildfires in southern Europe
Jul 24, 2026 (AFP)
Luggage-clad residents and tourists fled a French peninsula by boat and the smell of smoke drifted into parts of Madrid on Friday as wildfires swept through par...
Thousands flee wildfires in France, Spain
Jul 24, 2026 (AFP)
Luggage-laden residents and tourists fled a French peninsula by boat and the smell of smoke drifted into parts of Madrid on Friday as wildfires swept France and...
Fires in Europe: latest developments
Jul 24, 2026 (AFP)
Here are the main events related to the fires raging in Europe.
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