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2h ago
18.07 BST
A summary
of today's developments
Firefighters
across France and Spain continue to battle wildfires that have displaced almost
270,000 people.
A man has died in a wildfire near the Spanish city of
Valencia, the country’s interior ministry said. The victim was found in a car in a ravine in the town of Manises, west
of the city.
In
France, 197,000 people have been evacuated near Bordeaux, including in the
suburbs of the city. The French armed forces significantly expanded its
military response to the major wildfires in the south-west, deploying 1,500
soldiers to support firefighters, assist with evacuations and provide medical
care, transport, accommodation, and logistical support. The armed forces are
also supplying specialist equipment, including bulldozers, helicopters, drones,
and A400M military aircraft equipped for aerial firefighting, to help contain
the fires and support the wider emergency response.
The
French prime minister, Sébastien Lecornu, convened new government crisis
meeting later on the wildfires in south-west France, his office announced.
The
Spanish interior ministry said a total of 70,000 people have been evacuated
from villages west of Madrid. Spain’s prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, said the
wildfire situation near Madrid remained “complex” as he visited affected areas.
“We don’t know how the wind will develop, even though temperatures have
dropped,” he said.
The first
minister of Scotland has asked for military aid from the UK government as more
than 500 firefighters continue to tackle a firewhich has raged in the
Cairngorms national park for the past 11 days and forced the evacuation of
homes in the remote region.
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