Tens of thousands of people fled #wildfires in southwest #France by car & boat on Friday & #Spain declared a #NationalEmergency as huge blazes merged outside #Madrid & searing #heat left tinder-dry conditions across #Europe.
French authorities ordered the total evacuation of the #CapFerret peninsula, a tourism spot. 2 fires merged outside Madrid, & a third was on the verge of joining them, government officials said.
#ClimateChange #ExtremeWeather #ClimateCrisis