Back from Gironde: France 24's Luke Shrago gives firsthand account of fires

Southwest France is battling major wildfires that have forced roughly two hundred fifty thousand people from their homes, one of the country's largest peacetime evacuations. France 24's Luke Shrago, reporting from the Gironde region near Lège-Cap-Ferret, gave a firsthand account of the crisis after witnessing it unfold on the ground, France 24 says.

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