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George Clooney & Family Evacuate French Home Due To Wildfires After Fleeing U.S. Last Year

The actor said the family had no idea whether their home would survive as firefighters battled a blaze that burned about 100 hectares, officials said.

  • Actor George Clooney and his family evacuated their home near Brignoles, France, on Thursday as a nearby wildfire threatened the area, publicist Guido Gotz confirmed to The Associated Press.
  • The wildfire near Brignoles broke out Wednesday afternoon and burned approximately 100 hectares , triggering the evacuation order that forced the Clooney family and thousands of others from their homes.
  • In a letter to Didier Bremond, the mayor of Brignoles, Clooney admitted he had "no idea" if his home survived but asserted, "We'll be part of making it whole," pledging community commitment.
  • Elsewhere in France, officials ended evacuations for 144,000 people in the Gironde region as the fire was contained, though authorities noted unfavorable weather conditions could persist, keeping water-bombing helicopters deployed.
  • The Clooneys obtained French citizenship earlier this year and moved to their "farm in France" to raise their children, Ella and Alexander, seeking privacy after Donald Trump's election.
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Evacuated in emergency with the other inhabitants of Brignoles due to the violent fires that hit the Var, George and Amal Clooney were finally able to regain their estate. The mayor of the commune, Didier Brémond, announced a reassuring news on Facebook.

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