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Key points
- French authorities evacuated 4,000 more people from Atlantic coast resorts, adding to roughly 220,000 already displaced by the southwest wildfire.
- Authorities deployed 23 aircraft and helicopters after new fires broke out near Grand Crohot, west of Bordeaux.
- Two major fires west of Madrid had at times approached one another, while Spanish authorities remained alert as temperatures were forecast to exceed 40 degrees Celsius.
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Spain’s government said it will declare a civil protection emergency Tuesday for central provinces affected by the wildfires, unlocking additional recovery funding.
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Macron is scheduled to hold a crisis cabinet meeting, while Sanchez is set to visit fire-hit areas in Valencia.
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France evacuated another 4,000 people and deployed 23 aircraft and helicopters near Grand Crohot, while Spanish firefighters monitored two fires west of Madrid that had approached merging.
With information from: France 24, Deutsche Welle.