Macron calls crisis meeting as monster wildfires drive 250,000 from their homes

Wildfires burning out of control in France have forced more than two hundred fifty thousand people from their homes, prompting President Emmanuel Macron to call a crisis meeting on Monday. France 24 reports there's a first glimmer of hope, with the spread of the largest blaze appearing to slow. Evacuation and containment efforts continue as authorities assess the scale of the damage.

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