Европын өмнөд хэсэгт дэгдсэн хүчтэй түймэртэй тэмцэхэд Европын холбооны гишүүн орнууд тусламж үзүүлэхээр боллоо.
Францын баруун өмнөд хэсэгт дэгдсэн ойн түймрийн улмаас 80 мянга орчим иргэнийг нүүлгэн шилжүүлээд байна. Жиронда болон Ландес мужид гарсан түймрийн улмаас 100 хавтгай дөрвөлжин км талбай шатаж, 50 орчим байшин сүйдсэнийг эрх баригчид мэдээлэв. Францын Ерөнхийлөгч Эммануэль Макрон түймэртэй тэмцэхэд Хорват, Португал, Чех, Словак улсаас гал унтраах агаарын хөлөг болон Black Hawk нисдэг тэрэгнүүд хүлээн авахаар болсноо мэдэгдлээ.
Испани улсад түймрийн улмаас үндэсний хэмжээний онц байдал зарлаж, дотоод хэргийн яам нь гамшигтай тэмцэх ажиллагааг шууд удирдах болжээ. Мадрид болон Авила мужуудад гарсан гал түймрийн улмаас 20 мян орчим иргэнийг нүүлгэн шилжүүлээд байгаа бөгөөд Итали, Грек улсууд Canadair загварын гал унтраах онгоцуудаа илгээж дэмжлэг үзүүлэхээр болсон байна.
Италийн Сицили аралд мөн өндөр температур, хүчтэй салхины улмаас ойн түймэр дэгдэж, нөхцөл байдал хүндэрчээ. Энэхүү гамшигт нэрвэгдсэн бүсүүдэд агаарын температур 40 хэмээс давж байгаа нь түймэр тархах нөхцөлийг бүрдүүлж, гал унтраах ажиллагааг улам төвөгтэй болгож байна.
Эрдэмтдийн зүгээс уур амьсгалын өөрчлөлт нь Европын бүс нутагт түймрийн давтамж болон эрчмийг нэмэгдүүлж байгааг анхааруулсаар байна. Франц, Испани, Италийн эрх баригчид түймрийн улмаас учирсан хохирлыг бууруулах, нүүлгэн шилжүүлэлтийг зохион байгуулах чиглэлээр шуурхай арга хэмжээ авч ажиллаж байна.
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Massive forest fires are raging across southwestern France and central Spain, forcing the evacuation of an estimated 80,000 people from their homes. In France, some residents were compelled to flee by boat as flames engulfed the popular Cap Ferret peninsula on the Atlantic coast.
The blaze near Cap Ferret, located just 60 kilometres (37 miles) from Bordeaux, has consumed approximately 100 square kilometres (38 square miles) since Wednesday. This area, usually celebrated for its stunning landscapes, sandy beaches, oyster-farming villages, and upmarket resorts, is now under severe threat. Over 60,000 French residents have been displaced.
Both France and Spain have appealed to fellow European Union member states for urgent assistance to combat the escalating infernos.
Hundreds of French firefighters have been deployed and additional ground and aerial reinforcements were sent Friday to tackle the blaze. Meanwhile, another major wildfire burned further south down the coast. It remained uncontained as strong winds did not help firefighters.
Authorities believe the cause of both fires was accidental.
France’s Interior minister, Laurent Nunez, said 40,000 people have been evacuated in the Gironde department, and 23,000 in the Landes.
French President Emmanuel Macron said France will receive EU reinforcements including two Croatian Canadair firefighting aircraft, two Portuguese Air Tractor aircraft, and two heavy-lift Black Hawk helicopters from the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Spanish Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska said that Italy and Greece are each sending two Canadair water-dumping airplanes.
The Clouds became ‘Darker and darker’
In southwest France, authorities sent boats to help the evacuation and a total of about 63,000 people, many of them tourists, were told to get out as two major, separate fires threatened homes and campsites, officials said.
“From our home, we had a view of the fires … We could see the clouds becoming darker and darker,” said Yoan Urien, who left late on Thursday after police told everyone in his neighbourhood in the town of Biscarrosse to leave. “I was able to find somewhere to take shelter with my pets, but … it’s quite a shock,” the 26-year-old told Reuters.
The other major fire, which began in nearby Saumos, north of Cap Ferret, is threatening to cut off the only road out of the peninsula and is the largest so far this season in France, Interior Minister Laurent Nunez told local television. It has torn through more than 10,000 hectares (24,700 acres) of forest and burned 80 homes, completely destroying about 50 of them, he said.
“It breaks my heart. Because it’s such a pleasant place to live, seeing it go up in smoke is truly sad,” said family caregiver Corinne Paillaube. “It’s totally apocalyptic,” said Ambre Dubos, from the nearby Landes region.
Mapped: Cap Ferret peninsula
Spain struggles to tackle multiple fires amid a heatwave
In Spain, the government declared a national emergency for wildfires for the first time as the blazes in Madrid and the nearby province of Ávila prompted the evacuation of some 20,000 people from towns.
The national emergency means that the nation’s interior ministry, which controls police and security forces, has taken charge of overseeing the firefighting efforts that are being fanned by a heat wave. Temperatures are expected to top 39 degrees Celsius (102 Fahrenheit) in parts of Spain.
The two major fires west of Madrid merged into one single blaze that had quickly charred 30 square kilometers (11.5 square miles) by Friday afternoon. Regional president Isabel Díaz-Ayuso called it the worst in Madrid’s history.
The regional government of Madrid, which spans a wide area around the city, said that around 18,000 people had been evacuated from different villages and towns west of the capital.
Meanwhile, a blaze in Ávila, less than two hours northwest of Madrid, had consumed 90 square kilometers (34 square miles), causing another 1,500 people to flee.
“In my 60 years I have never seen something like this in my village, I have never seen fire of these dimensions,” Francisco Martínez, the mayor of Burgohondo, whose residents were preventively evacuated in Ávila, told Spain’s national broadcaster TVE.
Spanish television showed video taken by retreating residents of walls of flames topped by long plumes of smoke advancing through woods and scrublands. High winds and hilly terrain complicated efforts by firefighters, who combated the blazes with firetrucks and bulldozers.
“All around the town was smoke and fire, I was scared. Everything was fire and smoke, people were nervous,” 33-year-old Joaquin Espinosa told The Associated Press before he and his neighbors were evacuated fromF the village of Chapinería, located less than an hour’s drive west of Madrid.
Strong winds complicate efforts
In one week, Spain has had the worst fires on record for both the regions of Castilla La Mancha and Madrid.
Firefighters were still trying to extinguish Spain’s second-largest ever fire in the Guadalajara province of Castilla La Mancha after it had destroyed some 320 square kilometers (120 square miles) over the last week. Thirteen people were also killed in a fire in southern Spain earlier this month, the deadliest fire in recent memory for Spain.
Spanish Minister for the Ecological Transition Sara Aagesen said that Spain has seen 1,140 square kilometers (440 square miles) already burned this year, more than five times the burned terrain it had through the first half of 2025.
Grande-Marlaska said that in addition to the major fires in Madrid and in Ávila that have required the national government to get directly involved, there are nine serious fires in other parts of Spain.
“The day has been complicated by winds that reach 50 kph (31 mph) and high temperatures,” Grande-Marlaska said.
Sánchez called on Wednesday for a pact between political parties to fight climate change that he said is key to adapting to a more fire-prone climate. Spain has experienced record temperatures in recent summers and forest fires of increasing violence.
Sicily is burning
In Italy, wildfires continued to ravage parts of Sicily, with the central-western province of Agrigento particularly hard hit.
Fueled by temperatures that have topped 40C (104F), low humidity and winds, the blazes have forced scattered evacuations and were blamed for the death of a firefighter responding to a fire in Caltanissetta.
Globally, 2025 was the third-hottest year on record, bringing severe heat waves across Europe. Scientists warn that climate change is exacerbating the frequency and intensity of heat and dryness especially in southeastern Europe, making the region more vulnerable to health impacts and wildfires.
