British travellers brave the smoke as French wildfires force 220,000 to evacuate
- British travellers arriving in Bordeaux on Monday braved the smoke as an “unprecedented” wildfire continued to sweep through southwest France, forcing more than 200,000 people to evacuate.
- Firefighters were in a race against time to contain the blaze as it came within nine miles from entry points to the main metropolitan area, with a looming heatwave threatening to exacerbate the spread.
- Steve Bray, arriving from London Gatwick, told The Independent that he and his partner, Laura Slade, were spending a couple of nights in the city before heading to wedding in the south.
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- British travellers arriving in Bordeaux on Monday braved the smoke as an “unprecedented” wildfire continued to sweep through southwest France, forcing more than 200,000 people to evacuate.
- Firefighters were in a race against time to contain the blaze as it came within nine miles from entry points to the main metropolitan area, with a looming heatwave threatening to exacerbate the spread.
- Steve Bray, arriving from London Gatwick, told The Independent that he and his partner, Laura Slade, were spending a couple of nights in the city before heading to wedding in the south.
Sources: The Independent