FRANCE AND SPAIN RACE TO CURB WILDFIRES BEFORE NEW HEATWAVE ARRIVES

Firefighters sought on Monday to take advantage of more favourable weather to subdue massive wildfires threatening the French city and tourist region of Bordeaux and a number of sites in neighbouring Spain. They were racing against the clock as another heatwave is expected to hit both countries later this week in what has been a blisteringly hot and dry summer across western Europe.

News - South China Morning Post reports that firefighters sought on Monday to take advantage of more favourable weather to subdue massive wildfires threatening the French city and tourist region of Bordeaux and a number of sites in neighbouring Spain.

The report adds: They were racing against the clock as another heatwave is expected to hit both countries later this week in what has been a blisteringly hot and dry summer across western Europe.

Authorities have evacuated about 220,000 people, including holidaymakers and ‌local residents, in France, while...

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