BORDEAUX: Forests burned and villages emptied as more than 325,000 people fled blazes tearing through France and Spain on Sunday, with firefighters struggling to contain flames stretching kilometers. Forests burned and villages emptied as more than 325,000 people fled blazes tearing through France and Spain on Sunday, with giant smoke plumes the sky and firefighters struggling to contain the flames. The forest infernos, raging for days in France’s southwest and central Spain near Madrid, rank among the worst either nation has seen in peacetime.

Fires move closer to Madrid and Bordeaux, which are home more than eight million people in total

ARCACHON, France (AP) — Large forest fires burned out of control in southwestern France and central Spain on Friday, prompting authorities to evacuate at estimated 80,000 people…