Hollywood star George Clooney and his human rights lawyer wife Amal have evacuated their French home near the southeastern town of Brignoles after a fast-moving wildfire broke out nearby, authorities said Thursday.
Over the past week, France has been battling some of the country’s worst forest fires in living memory.
The largest fire has ravaged 42,000 hectares (103,000 acres)– an area larger than the US city of Detroit — in the southwest of France.
The Clooneys, who have nine-year-old twins, own the Domaine du Canadel, an estate near Brignoles where a fire broke out on Wednesday evening.
Firefighters survey the scene during controlled fire operation in a forest in Le Porge, north of the Arcachon Basin, on July 30, 2026, during wildfires in the Gironde region, southwestern France. In France, the Gironde region reported a second calm night and said the massive fire west of France’s wine-making capital of Bordeaux remained stable despite a spike in temperatures on July 29 as the fourth heatwave of the summer roasted the area. (Photo by Philippe Lopez / AFP)
