Firefighters battle a blaze outside Lanton, during wildfires in southwestern France, Tuesday, July 28, 2026.
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French authorities ordered 4,000 more people evacuated from tourist sites along its Atlantic coast, widening what may be France's largest peacetime evacuation.
Firefighters battle a blaze outside Lanton, during wildfires in southwestern France, Tuesday, July 28, 2026.
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France orders 4,000 more evacuations as wildfires displace 330,000 people across southwest Europe amid extreme heat conditions.

French authorities ordered 4,000 more people evacuated from tourist sites along its Atlantic coast on July 29, widening what may…

Across France and Spain, roughly 330,000 people have been driven from homes and vacation sites by huge wildfires.

French authorities have ordered nearly 4,000 more people to evacuate from tourist sites on the Atlantic coast

Firefighters have kept a vast wildfire in southwest France from advancing overnight, extinguishing flare-ups near Atlantic coast…

LEGE-CAP FERRET, France (AP) — French authorities ordered nearly 4,000 people evacuated Tuesday from tourist sites on the…