France and Spain fires: Macron calls crisis meeting as wildfires threaten Bordeaux
- 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.
Sources: BBC News