### [2026-07-24](/feed/2026/07/24/index.md)

##### Wildfires in 2026
# French authorities evacuate more than 110,000 people from Cap Ferret, Gironde, by land and sea as an uncontrolled wildfire burns over 19,000 hectares, destroys 80 homes, and threatens the peninsula’s only access road. 




### Sources:

1. [The Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/24/france-evacuation-cap-ferret-peninsula-wildfire)

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