00:00Firefighters in Gironde battled the blazes throughout the night, while authorities
00:05French residents evacuated some suburbs of Bordeaux on Saturday as a huge fire advanced.
00:11forestry worker who was moving towards the city famous for its wines.
00:15According to the Associated Press, the government mobilized soldiers to join the fight
00:21against the flames and urgently sent 1.5 million masks to protect the
00:27population of the suffocating smoke.
00:28The prefect of the Gironde region, which includes Bordeaux, ordered the evacuation of
00:34parts of three western suburbs of the city, including the airport area.
00:39Other towns and villages located further west of the city also received the
00:44an evacuation order, adding to the 141,000 people who had already been asked to leave
00:51in the face of two large fires in the southwestern regions of Gironde and Landes.
00:55The Gironde fire broke out on Wednesday near the Cap Ferret peninsula, in the
01:01French Atlantic coast, 60 kilometers from Bordeaux.
01:05While the fire continues to spread, and despite the significant resources deployed
01:11According to firefighters, the situation requires the evacuation of residents from the affected areas.
01:16"To guarantee their safety," a statement from the prefecture said.
01:21Dozens of French firefighters have been injured, according to authorities, although not
01:26No deaths were reported in either country, despite the scenes of panic.
01:31by neighbors fleeing in cars and police officers searching the house
01:36by house to ask the population to leave the area, while huge columns of smoke
01:41darkened the sky.
01:43Major wildfires have forced the evacuation of some 200,000 people in the southwest
01:49from France and central Spain, including 60,000 displaced from their homes to the west
01:54from Madrid, in addition to the 141,000 people who were ordered to move within the departments
02:00French from Gironde and Landes.
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