(26 Jul 2026)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Bordeaux, France – 26 July 2026
1. Pan of evacuees at temporary shelter due to wildfire
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Maggie Boyd, evacuee:
“All the authorities and the medics have been amazing, and there have been a lot of volunteers and we’re very grateful for all that.”
3. Various of evacuees organising belongings and settling in
4. Wide of evacuees at the shelter
5. Evacuees surrounded by emergency crew at shelter
6. Wide of evacuees settling at shelter
7. Evacuees speaking to emergency crew
8. Various of evacuees at shelter
8. Evacuees filing forms at reception desk
9. Pan of evacuees at shelter
STORYLINE:
A raging wildfire in southwest France forced the evacuation of 55,000 people overnight Sunday, bringing the total forced out of their homes to a staggering 220,000 in one region alone, as flames crept ever closer to the wine region city of Bordeaux.
Shifting and gusting winds, as well as arid conditions, complicated massive efforts to limit the spread of the monster blaze burning out of control since midweek in France’s Gironde region, where Bordeaux is located.
Authorities issued overnight evacuation orders for five more localities southwest of the historic city.
Evacuees won’t be allowed back to their towns and villages until the blaze is brought under control, authorities warned.
Bordeaux Mayor Thomas Cazenave described the blaze as being “at the gates of the metropolitan area,” about 15 kilometers (9 miles) away at its closest point.
But Cazenave said an evacuation of Bordeaux is not on the cards for now.
The city is home to 268,000 people.
Bordeaux turned an exhibition center into an emergency shelter, providing cots and food for thousands of evacuees, including hundreds of older people evacuated from care homes.
AP video shot by Caroline Blumber
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11 Comments
Europe is on fire, in France 🇫🇷 & Spain 🇪🇸 especially and I can't help but think that bc of the persecution that Europe has put Israel thru that maybe the God of Israel is giving them a taste of persecution of His own ! 😮
YOU WHITE PEOPLE DESTROYED BLACK PEOPLES LIVES ( YOUR EVIL FOR FATHERS SLAVEMASTERS) YAHWEHS BLACK ISREALITES…NOW YAHWEH IS DESTROYING YOUR WHITE HEATHEN LIVES IN A SHELTER…YOUR FOR FATHER SOWED DEMONIC EVIL RACISM..AND NOW YOU ARE REAPING THE PUNISHMENT
Why are there no baths in the refugee facility in Bordeaux? Because it's France.
Who's starting the fires?
The European Union has decided that all your abandoned homes and property will be reassigned to illegals from Africa
All praise to the Most High through His son
MUSLIMS MAKING ROOM FOR THEM
So French people are housed in places like this and migtants get hotels?
Planetary heating will soon solve all our problems. We deserve what's coming.
The truth is Jesus is coming and man need to wake up ,fear God, and give glory to him, for the:hour of his judgment his come worship him that made the heaven, and earth,and the sea,and the fountains of waters.
The tempest is coming and we must get ready for its fury by having repentance toward God and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ. The Lord will arise to shake terribly the earth. We shall see troubles on all sides. Thousands of ships will be hurled into the depths of the sea. Navies will go down, and human lives will be sacrificed by millions. Fires will break out unexpectedly and no human effort will be able to quench them. The palaces of earth will be swept away in the fury of the flames. Disasters by rail will become more and more frequent. Confusion, collision, and death without a moment’s warning will occur on the great lines of travel. The end is near, probation is closing. Oh, let us seek God while He may be found, call upon Him while He is near!—Messages to Young People, 89, 90 (1890).
In the last scenes of this earth’s history war will rage. There will be pestilence, plague and famine. The waters of the deep will overflow their boundaries. Property and life will be destroyed by fire and flood. We should be preparing for the mansions that Christ has gone to prepare for them that love Him.—Maranatha, 174 (1897). LDE 24.1 – LDE 24.2
Why not send the refugees to Ceuta?