More than 10,000 people were evacuated as wildfires continued in southwestern France - Xinhua English.news.cn

　　On the evening of August 10, local time, the wildfires in the Gironde department in southwestern France were still spreading.

According to local authorities, the area of ​​forest fires in Gironde province exceeded 6,200 hectares, and about 10,000 people were evacuated.

More than 1,000 firefighters were dispatched to put out the fire, but the fire has not yet been brought under control.

　　Wildfires in Gironde have also spread to neighboring Landes, where an estimated 2,000 people have been evacuated.

　　According to a previous report by Reuters, on the 9th local time, wildfires raged in southwestern France, destroying more than a dozen houses, burning 6,000 hectares of land, and forcing nearly 6,000 people to evacuate.

(Making Yueziyan)

Responsible editor: [Luo Pan]