Europe wildfire in pictures: Gigantic fire cloud engulfing France, Spain regions

CNBC reports that a rare wildfire tearing through France's Bordeaux region has spread into the Madrid area of Spain. The blaze is generating a towering fire cloud large enough to produce its own thunderstorms, a phenomenon known as pyrocumulonimbus that signals extreme fire behavior.

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