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Watch: Wildfires rage across France and Spain CloseFrench authorities have ordered the evacuation of the Cap Ferret peninsula on the south-west coast, with hundreds of people escaping the area by boat.
Tens of thousands of people are being evacuated from the tourism destination west of Bordeaux, as firefighters continue to battle wildfires that have raged in the Gironde region for days.
Meanwhile, the government in Spain has declared a national emergency as wildfires burn out of control in several areas.
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