Europe 1 with AFP 2:25 p.m., July 18, 2022

Some 8,000 people are being "preventively evacuated" Monday from two districts of Teste-de-Buch, in the Arcachon basin in Gironde, a department hit by two gigantic fires since Tuesday, the prefecture announced.

Some 8,000 people are being "preventively evacuated" Monday from two districts of Teste-de-Buch, in the Arcachon basin in Gironde, a department hit by two gigantic fires since Tuesday, the prefecture announced.

“The fire has just jumped runway 214”, south of this city of some 26,000 people, “unstable wind”, indicates a press release.

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