France requests help from EU to deal with fires, says Macron
France sought aerial firefighting support as multiple blazes forced nearly 20,000 evacuations and burned 4,800 hectares in Gironde, officials said.
- France has activated the EU Civil Protection Mechanism to request additional aerial firefighting support amid severe wildfires, according to President Emmanuel Macron.
- The main fire in Gironde has burned around 4,800 hectares, destroyed homes, and forced nearly 20,000 people to evacuate, with about 800 firefighters deployed.
- Multiple European countries have sent firefighting aircraft and helicopters to assist, supplementing resources already in use under the assistance mechanism.
- France has experienced over 12,500 fires this year, burning 44,000 hectares amid a wider wave of wildfires affecting southern Europe, including Spain and Italy.
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Elected in Saint-Médard-en-Jalles, whose population had to be evacuated to escape the fires in Gironde, Stéphane Delpeyrat-Vincent calls for a rethinking of the way the territory is set up in France, in order to adapt to the changes in the climate.
French President Emmanuel Macron, speaking about the ongoing wildfires in his country, stated, "We are facing an unprecedented fire. We are experiencing the most serious situation ever recorded. The worst situation since the Second World War," adding that approximately 116,000 hectares of land have been reduced to ashes.
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The Independent (US)Macron makes Second World War comparison amid ‘unprecedented’ blazes
Emmanuel Macron is addressing journalists and emergency workers at the Fire and Rescue Operations Center in Bordeaux in Gironde, the area most affected by the fire in southwestern France. After being briefed by the head of the local fire and rescue service, the French president thanked the people and countries that have contributed to the crisis response operations. The fire has been "unprecedented", stressed Macron, reports the Telegraph. "We h…
France fires: 'What burns is not just forests, but a way of inhabiting the land that is no longer possible'
The philosopher Cynthia Fleury and the Socialist mayor of Saint-Médard-en-Jalles in southwestern France Stéphane Delpeyrat-Vincent argue that, in the face of unprecedented fires sweeping France, preparedness could become more than a technical way to adapt, but a democratic act.
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