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Wildfires force over 200,000 people in southern France and central Spain to flee homes, officials say

July 24, 2026

Some 141,000 fled homes in the Gironde and Landes departments in France, the Interior Ministry said. In central Spain, 60,000 were forced from their homes, the Spanish Interior ministry said.

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