LIVE: MACRON TO HOLD CRISIS MEETING AS FRENCH WILDFIRES FORCE MORE THAN 250,000 TO EVACUATE

French President Emmanuel Macron will hold a crisis cabinet meeting Monday on the uncontrolled fires spreading across southern France that have so far forced more than 250,000 people from their homes. Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez will visit fire-hit areas in Valencia in the east of Spain, where firefighters are battling a new blaze that has forced thousands to flee their homes.

France 24 - International breaki reports that french President Emmanuel Macron will hold a crisis cabinet meeting Monday on the uncontrolled fires spreading across southern France that have so far forced more than 250,000 people from their homes.

The report adds: Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez will visit fire-hit areas in Valencia in the east of Spain, where firefighters are battling a new blaze that has forced thousands to flee their homes.

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