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Was Your Trip to Europe Affected by Heat or Wildfires? Tell Us About It.

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Have you had to cancel, reschedule or replan a trip to France, Spain or elsewhere because of raging fires or stifling heat? If so, we want to hear from you.

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Civilians Battle Wildfire Threatening Bordeaux

Par : Alex Pena · Bethlehem Feleke · Michael Anthony Adams and Mark Boyer
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

Par : Stephen Castle
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.
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As Wildfires Plague Europe, Scotland Races to Save a Cherished National Park

Par : Stephen Castle
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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Wildfires Slow in France and Spain, but Worse May Be Ahead

Par : Carlos Barragán · Ségolène Le Stradic and Roser Toll Pifarré
Firefighters have contained vast wildfires in both countries, but winds are high and temperatures rising. Spain’s prime minister said the next 12 hours would be “decisive.”

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Un bombero descansando cerca de Lanton, Francia, el martes
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Fires Slow in France and Spain, but Worse May Be Ahead

Par : Carlos Barragán and Ségolène Le Stradic
Officials said they had contained the spread of vast fires in both countries, but warned that rising temperatures and high winds meant the situation was still fluid.

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A firefighter resting near Lanton, France, on Tuesday.
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Summer of Heat, Fires and Storms Is a Reckoning for Europe on Climate

Par : Mark Landler and Chico Harlan
The continent is experiencing some of its biggest fires and highest temperatures ever. Residents are fleeing, leaders are struggling to respond and “it will get worse,” one climate expert said.

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Firefighters using controlled burns to stop the spread of wildfires near Madrid on Tuesday.
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Fire Raging Near Bordeaux Brings More Bad News for Its Vineyards

Par : Mark Landler and Giulia Imbert
One of the largest fires in modern French history is raging near the vineyards of Bordeaux. That is just the latest problem for France’s embattled wine industry.

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A vineyard at the Château Smith Haut Lafitte winery near Bordeaux on Monday.
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France and Spain Race to Contain Fires Before Some Areas Reach 104 Degrees

Par : Carlos Barragán · Roser Toll Pifarré and Ségolène Le Stradic
Faced with massive blazes, firefighters in both countries are using a brief window of opportunity to bring the flames under control before temperatures spike.

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Firefighters near Cebreros in Ávila Province in Spain early on Tuesday.
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Fire Raging Near Bordeaux Brings More Bad News for Its Vineyards

Par : Mark Landler and Giulia Imbert
One of the largest fires in modern French history is raging near the vineyards of Bordeaux. That is just the latest problem for France’s embattled wine industry.

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A vineyard at the Château Smith Haut Lafitte winery near Bordeaux on Monday.
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Massive Wildfires Draw Close to Madrid

Par : Jason Horowitz
Madrid is booming, culturally and economically, but the wildfires raging within a short drive of the capital have provided a reality check.

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A burned home in Pelayos de la Presa, 40 miles west of Madrid, on Sunday.
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Heat Wave Threatens Further Wildfire Spread in France and Spain

Par : Ségolène Le Stradic · Carlos Barragán and Thomas Fuller
The record wildfires, which have destroyed more than 200 homes and prompted large evacuations, could intensify with the arrival of a new heat wave.

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Fighting a fire outside Bordeaux, France, on Monday.
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As Communities Unite Against Europe’s Wildfires, Politicians Trade Blows

Par : Zane Irwin
Spain’s center-left accused conservatives of underfunding the disaster response, while critics of France’s government decried delays.

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Wildfires in Europe have fueled political spats.
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Six Miles From the Flames in France: Chemical Rocket Fuel and Used Missiles

Par : Catherine Porter
The area around Bordeaux has many plants that work with sophisticated technologies and hazardous materials.

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Firefighters worked to extinguish a blaze in Lege-Cap-Ferret, France, on Saturday.
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Amid France Wildfires, Some Residents Help Firefighters Contain Blazes

Par : Ségolène Le Stradic
With firefighters stretched thin, volunteers put themselves at risk, using water tanks, hoses and tractors to hold back flames from villages and farms in southwestern France.

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Heat From France’s Wildfires Creates a ‘Fire Cloud,’ or Pyrocumulonimbus

Par : Claire Moses
A pyrocumulonimbus — a thundercloud created by intense heat — is a phenomenon that can spark new blazes and is “unprecedented in France,” officials said.

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Smoke from wildfires north of the Arcachon basin in southwestern France last week.
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Flames Advance on Bordeaux, Where Evacuees Balance Dread and Hope

Par : Mark Landler and Giulia Imbert
With surrounding towns in southwestern France evacuated and fire still spreading rapidly, several thousand are sheltering in the city, unsure what will become of their homes.

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An exhibition center in Bordeaux, southwestern France, where people sheltered after being displaced by the wildfires on Sunday.
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Forced to Evacuate Amid Spain Wildfires, Residents Wonder if Their Homes Still Stand

Par : Carlos Barragán
In central Spain, thousands of people sleep in shelters or in their cars, some of them evacuated multiple times ahead of the advancing flames, awaiting word on what they left behind.

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Consuelo Lorza, 88, and her 11-year-old granddaughter, Sara, at an evacuation center in Villamanta, a town southwest of Madrid, on Sunday.
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Hundreds of Thousands Flee Fires in France and Spain as Help Pours In

Par : Claire Moses · Carlos Barragán and Alan Yuhas
Nearly 300,000 have been told to evacuate or take shelter as major fires edged closer to Madrid and Bordeaux.

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Firefighters on Friday trying to extinguish a wildfire near Saumos and Sainte-Hélène, France. Fires were about 20 miles from Bordeaux.
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Conditions for European Wildfires Created by Summer of Extremes

Par : Chico Harlan
The wildfires are scorching parts of France and Spain that had already faced unusually hot and dry summers.

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A damaged building in Le Porge, a coastal village west of Bordeaux, France. Wildfires have ravaged parts of Spain and France this summer.
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As Trump Escalates Trade War With Canada, Ontario Premier Doug Ford Wants to Retaliate

Par : Ian Austen
While Mark Carney weighs his next steps, some provincial leaders point to oil, electricity and potash as powerful leverage against U.S. economic pressure.

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Canada’s prime minister, Mark Carney, and President Trump in the Oval Office at the White House on Oct. 7, 2025.
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What to Know About the Deadly Wildfires Raging in Western Europe

Par : Aurelien Breeden and Amelia Nierenberg
Hundreds of thousands of people in France and Spain have been forced to evacuate from huge blazes fueled by soaring temperatures and tinder-dry conditions.

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Firefighters in Lège-Cap-Ferret, France, less than 30 miles west of Bordeaux, on Friday.
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Wildfires in France and Spain Drive Tens of Thousands From Their Homes

Par : Carlos Barragán
French officials ordered the evacuation of the Cap Ferret Peninsula, a popular holiday destination. Fires west of Madrid were closing in on populated areas.

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On the beach in Lacanau in southwestern France on Friday.
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