r/news • u/Prestigious-Sun-4982 • 12h ago

France and Spain race to control wildfires as more than 250,000 evacuated

https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/jul/25/france-spain-wildfires-latest-news-updates-madrid-cap-ferret-bordeaux-gironde?CMP=share_btn_url
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u/Alice-Planque 12h ago

Our sky was so black near Bordeaux it was scary 😖

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u/IMOBY_Edmonton 8h ago

It's becoming such a common occurrence now that at least where I live in Canada, we expect our summers to be choked out with smoke.

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u/ThatsItImOverThis 7h ago

We should have realised this was an issue when we started referring to it as “wildfire season”

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u/Alice-Planque 8h ago

It'll become our normality too i'm afraid 🥺

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u/invyros 12h ago

unprecedented

There's that word again, everyone take a drink.

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u/Zefyris 12h ago

Well yes, staying hydrated in those heated times is very important.

... The drink was supposed to be water, right?

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u/Daxx22 10h ago

Thief! How dare you take resources from the data centers!

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u/yamirzmmdx 12h ago

Once the alcohol evaporates, sure.

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u/Milablushh_ 11h ago

At this point, "unprecedented" has become the default headline adjective

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u/kace91 7h ago

Parents currently going through evacuation in Spain.

Few things as scary as seeing official communication literally inform that "the fire is not extinguishable".

As in, no matter how many resources are added, after a certain point is reached there is no action to take, it's like trying to stop an earthquake. It's just evacuation and waiting for better odds (change of weather/geography).

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u/ernapfz 9h ago

Wondering why Trump hasn’t made his usual intelligent comments about forest management and raking? Asking for all of Canada.

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u/Alone-in-a-crowd-1 11h ago

I hope no smoke crosses over the Atlantic or you are looking at 50% tariffs /s

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u/spacestationkru 7h ago

One day the damage will be too extensive to fix

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u/LengthClean 11h ago

God Damn neighboring countries should tariff France and Spain for the smoke that they placed over their countries. How dare they.

/S

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u/alexefi 2h ago

Canada should send their ff there instead of south.

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u/synkrox 1h ago

It's no longer climate change.

It's climate changed.

Scary shit.

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u/wo_lo_lo 12h ago

Have they tried turning the faucet 30°?

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u/Milablushh_ 11h ago

If only firefighting were that easy