France and Spain fires: Macron calls crisis meeting as wildfires threaten Bordeaux
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Image source, EPAByChris Graham and Yang TianFrench President Emmanuel Macron will a hold a crisis cabinet meeting on Monday as wildfires close in on the south-western city of Bordeaux.
Another heatwave is set to complicate efforts to tackle the expanding blaze, which is about 15km (9 miles) from Bordeaux, mayor Thomas Cazenave said.
Earlier he said there were no plans to evacuate the population of about 850,000.
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Image source, EPAByChris Graham and Yang TianFrench President Emmanuel Macron will a hold a crisis cabinet meeting on Monday as wildfires close in on the south-western city of Bordeaux.
Another heatwave is set to complicate efforts to tackle the expanding blaze, which is about 15km (9 miles) from Bordeaux, mayor Thomas Cazenave said.
Earlier he said there were no plans to evacuate the population of about 850,000.