More than 250,000 flee wildfires in France and Spain

More than two hundred fifty thousand people have fled wildfires burning across France and Spain, according to BBC News. Authorities near Bordeaux say they are far from bringing the blazes under control, while Spain's prime minister has warned of "complex hours" ahead. The scale of the evacuations points to fires that firefighters have yet to contain across both countries.

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