France requests help from EU to deal with fires, says Macron
More than 10,000 people were evacuated overnight in southwestern France as a rapidly spreading wildfire ripped through at least 2,400 hectares of land west of the city of Bordeaux
July 24, 2026 08:59
PARIS: France has requested assistance from the European Union to help it deal with a major wildfire near the country’s Atlantic coast, said President Emmanuel Macron on Friday.
“The situation remains extremely tense with the fires hitting our country, particularly in Gironde,” wrote Macron on X.
