Firefighters struggle to contain Madrid wildfires, as more than 140,000 evacuated in France and Spain

Southern Europe is grappling with catastrophic wildfires. According to BBC News, authorities in Madrid are facing what they call the worst fire in the region's history. The crisis has triggered the evacuation of more than one hundred forty thousand people across France and Spain, with French firefighters struggling to contain a blaze heading toward Bordeaux.

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