Thousands more evacuated near French wildfire – Times of India

Bordeaux: Thousands of people were being evacuated from their homes in southwest France on Monday as wildfires continued to engulf the region. Local officials gave this information.
He said firefighters were unable to contain the fire near Dune de Pilat, Europe’s highest sand dune and summer tourist destination, where rapidly changing winds increased the risk of it spreading to residential areas, which itself under clouds of toxic fumes, he said.
“Smoke is poisonous,” firefighters spokesman Arnaud Mendos told AFP. “Protecting a population is a matter of public health.”
About 5,000 people were evacuated from there les miquelotsa southern neighborhood of the city of teste-de-boucheWith another 3,000 asked to leave Pila-sur-Mer in the east.
The fire is one of two major forest fires since the beginning of last week. girdonde area to the south of BORDEAUX Record temperatures are falling in some parts of France.