2 firefighters killed battling a blaze near Bordeaux airport, flights delayed
The blaze near Bordeaux airport caused flight delays and cancellations as firefighters battled extreme heat and high fire risk, officials said.
- On Tuesday, Interior Minister Laurent Nunez announced that two firefighters died while battling a building fire in Gironde, southwestern France, near Bordeaux airport.
- Europe faces extreme heat, with the continent enduring three stifling heatwaves so far this year, conditions scientists attribute to human-driven climate change intensifying droughts and wildfires.
- The blaze near Bordeaux caused multiple flight cancellations and delays on Tuesday, with photos showing a massive plume of smoke visible from the airport area.
- Spain struggles to control its biggest wildfire of the year in Guadalajara, forcing the evacuation of more than 1,200 people, while France's fire services work at full stretch.
- London's Thames Water is banning hose usage for 10 million customers to conserve supplies, while in Albania, resident Ferid Salihu said: "I swear to God, the temperature is very high today.
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Two firefighters died while battling a now-contained blaze that broke out Tuesday afternoon, July 21, near Bordeaux airport in southwestern France. Meanwhile, in the southeast of the country, a major fire has already burned 1,700 hectares.
Firefighters fought Tuesday to keep under control the largest forest fire in Spain this year, while two firefighters perished while fighting a fire in south-western France, on the bottom of an extreme heat wave that continued to fuel dangerous conditions throughout Europe, bringing drought and severe storm forecasts with hail, writes Reuters.
Following the death of two firefighters in a fire near Bordeaux-Mérignac airport on Tuesday 21 July, several local and national figures reacted.
A fire broke out in a building on the outskirts of Bordeaux.
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