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    Residents in Bordeaux in southwestern France are doing everything in their power to stop a wildfire that’s been burning for more than a week. The flames are too spread out for professional firefighters to be everywhere, so for now, civilian volunteers are the only thing standing between the fire and a major French city.
     

Civilians Battle Wildfire Threatening Bordeaux

Residents in Bordeaux in southwestern France are doing everything in their power to stop a wildfire that’s been burning for more than a week. The flames are too spread out for professional firefighters to be everywhere, so for now, civilian volunteers are the only thing standing between the fire and a major French city.

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Wildfire in Suffolk, UK, Breaks Out a Few Miles From Nuclear Power Station

30 juillet 2026 à 12:12
A large fire engulfed almost 250 acres of land in Suffolk, a scenic area on the coast. It was a few miles from a nuclear power station.

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A drone view of smoke from a wildfire on Thursday on Dunwich Heath in Suffolk, England.

A Fire Burned Next Door. Now They Live With the Stench of Rotting Meat.

30 juillet 2026 à 13:09
The Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles is still dealing with foul odor and fears over possible toxins over a month after a cold-storage facility burst into flames.

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The nearly 500,000-square-foot facility burst into flames on June 17, blanketing the neighborhoods of Boyle Heights and East Los Angeles in thick smoke for days.

Wildfires in Greece Kill 3 Firefighters as Blazes Still Burn in France and Spain

30 juillet 2026 à 16:56
Greece also worked to contain blazes on Lesbos and in the Peloponnese, where another firefighter died, in the midst of a brutal wildfire season for Europe.

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Wildfires on the island of Crete in Greece on Wednesday.

As Wildfires Plague Europe, Scotland Races to Save a Cherished National Park

30 juillet 2026 à 08:49
As Europe’s climate warms, even moorlands and forests in the Cairngorms, in the Scottish Highlands, have fallen victim to rapidly spreading flames.

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Land charred by the Cairngorm wildfire in Aviemore, Scotland, on Tuesday.
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