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Fire evacuees in France OK’d to return to homes

Headline from Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, from the development of Jul 30, 2026

Newest development Jul 31, 2026 · 2 reportsFrance's southwest faces 'optimistic day' as half of evacuees return home

LEGE-CAP FERRET, France -- France gave the go-ahead Thursday for 84,000 evacuees forced out by a monster wildfire to return home, the strongest sign yet that firefighters are turning a corner in a grueling battle against the flames that have burned an area four times the size of Paris.

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  1. France and Spain battle wildfires as more than 250,000 people forced to flee homes

    Headline from Anchorage Daily News ·

  2. Names this update

    Fire evacuees in France OK’d to return to homes

    Headline from Arkansas Democrat-Gazette ·

  3. Newest

    France's southwest faces 'optimistic day' as half of evacuees return home

    Headline from France 24 ·

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  1. Jonesboro Sun

    More than 250,000 people flee their homes in France and Spain as wildfires burn (opens Jonesboro Sun)

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    Jonesboro Sun's feed description

    France is using a massive cargo aircraft to dump flame retardants on a wildfire near the wine country city of Bordeaux. The fire has forced tens of thousands to evacuate, with winds threatening to push it closer to the city.…

  2. End Time Headlines

    Over 250,000 people forced to flee their homes in France and Spain from deadly wildfires (opens End Time Headlines)

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    France was preparing to deploy a massive specially adapted cargo aircraft to dump flame retardants on Saturday against a raging wildfire that has forced the evacuation of tens of thousands of people, including from some suburbs of the wine region city of Bordeaux.

  3. Jonesboro Sun

    France and Spain battle wildfires as more than 250,000 people forced to flee homes (opens Jonesboro Sun)

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    Jonesboro Sun's feed description

    France is using a massive cargo aircraft to dump flame retardants on a wildfire near the wine country city of Bordeaux. The fire has forced tens of thousands to evacuate, with winds threatening to push it closer to the city.…

  4. Jonesboro Sun

    France and Spain battle wildfires as more than 250,000 people are forced to flee homes (opens Jonesboro Sun)

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    Jonesboro Sun's feed description

    France is using a massive cargo aircraft to dump flame retardants on a wildfire near the wine country city of Bordeaux. The fire has forced tens of thousands to evacuate, with winds threatening to push it closer to the city.…

  5. KBRW

    France and Spain fires force more than 200,000 to flee homes (opens KBRW)

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    KBRW's feed description

    At least one person has died in a fire in Spain, according to officials.

  6. France 24

    Fire evacuees start returning home in France's scorched southwest (opens France 24)

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    France 24's feed description

    Authorities say that the fires in the Gironde have been stabilised but is not entirely out yet. The French interior minister says some 40 thousand hectares went up in smoke. Meanwhile, some of those evacuated have been allowed to return home, while others are still waiting.

  7. WFMZ Allentown

    Spain allows wildfire evacuees to return but France fears flames spreading (opens WFMZ Allentown)

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    WFMZ Allentown's feed description

    Spain on Tuesday lifted evacuation orders for more than a dozen areas but France ordered thousands more people to leave their homes, as firefighters battled to contain the worst wildfires in living memory.

  8. France 24

    Wildfires in France: Volunteers put smiles back on evacuees' faces in Bordeaux (opens France 24)

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    France 24's feed description

    More than 1,000 evacuees from the massive wildfires in Gironde have taken shelter in Bordeaux’s exhibition centre, where a small army of volunteers has organised a wide variety of activities to keep them busy and meet their logistical needs. FRANCE 24 reports.

  9. WFMZ Allentown

    Spain returns wildfire evacuees as France braces for worsening weather (opens WFMZ Allentown)

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    WFMZ Allentown's feed description

    Thousands of Spaniards evacuated from the path of huge wildfires were returning home on Wednesday while in France firefighters braced for worsening conditions in their own battle with raging flames.

  10. France 24

  11. Philadelphia Inquirer

    As France tames wildfire and lets 84,000 evacuees go home, blazes flare across Europe (opens Philadelphia Inquirer)

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    Philadelphia Inquirer's feed description

    France has allowed 84,000 evacuees to return home after a massive wildfire forced them out

  12. UPI

    Authorities in France, Spain allow some wildfire evacuees to return (opens UPI)

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    UPI's feed description

    Tens of thousands of residents in Spain and France are returning home Thursday after being evacuated from wildfires that have torn through Europe.

  13. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

    Fire evacuees in France OK’d to return to homes (opens Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)

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    Arkansas Democrat-Gazette's feed description

    LEGE-CAP FERRET, France -- France gave the go-ahead Thursday for 84,000 evacuees forced out by a monster wildfire to return home, the strongest sign yet that firefighters are turning a corner in a grueling battle against the flames that have burned an area four times the size of Paris.

  14. NPR

    Thousands in France allowed to return home as Europe tackles wildfires and heatwave (opens NPR)

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    NPR's feed description

    Firefighters in the Gironde region of France said the situation had "stabilized", after a week of wildfires caused by a major heatwave across Europe.

  15. France 24

    France's southwest faces 'optimistic day' as half of evacuees return home (opens France 24)

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    France 24's feed description

    Over half of the people evacuated from France's southwest due to massive wildfires were allowed to return to their homes. French firefighters have been battling a massive wildfire west of Bordeaux, which forced the evacuation of 220,000 people.

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