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French President Emmanuel Macron chairs an interministerial crisis meeting at the Interior Ministry in Paris as catastrophic wildfires rage in southwestern France . The Gironde fire has burned 42,000 hectares and forced more than 220,000 people to evacuate, with flames now just 15 kilometres from Bordeaux . An additional 55,000 residents on the outskirts of Bordeaux were ordered to evacuate late Saturday . Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez described the situation as "very unfavourable" and the blaze as "unpredictable" . Across France, 115,000 hectares have burned in 2026—a historic record . Macron has mobilised the military, and France has activated EU assistance .
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