Dossier
Le Haillan
Coverage of Le Haillan in the Nexus archive.
- France orders 4,000 more evacuated as fires displace a third of a million across southwest Europe
French authorities evacuated 4,000 more people from coastal areas as wildfires displaced over 330,000 across France and Spain. The Gironde fire, four times the size of Paris, triggered a record civilian evacuation, while Spain faced its largest wildfire in history amid a heat wave.
- France and Spain race to control wildfires as suburbs of Bordeaux begin evacuation – live
French authorities evacuated thousands from suburbs near Bordeaux as wildfires showed no signs of abating. Spain warned that winds could worsen fires on Saturday. Sophie Brocas, head of the local administration covering the Bordeaux region, confirmed evacuations in Le Haillan, Eysines, and Merignac.