Major fire in Gironde: 12,500 hectares burned, 44,000 people evacuated

A forest fire north of the Bassin d'Arcachon reached an exceptional scale in Gironde on Friday. Authorities ordered, among other measures, the evacuation of the Cap-Ferret peninsula as emergency crews battled the advancing flames.

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