# More than 300-thousand people have been displaced by wildfires in France and Spain, as firefighters battle to contain raging fires. This comes as temperatures are expected to soar this week. Fires have ravaged the Gironde region and advanced towards Bordeaux, at the heart of the country’s winelands. Nearly 220-thousand people have been evacuated from several towns, the country’s biggest evacuation since World War Two. In Spain, at least one person has died as fierce wildfires burn, with more than 100-thousand people evacuated from the regions around Madrid and Ávila.
Over 300,000 people forced to flee their homes due to raging wildfires in France and Spain