Holidaymakers warned to stay ‘extremely vigilant’ as wildfires in France force thousands to evacuate

autotldr Bot , 10 months ago

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Over 3,000 tourists and locals were removed from four campsites and two housing estates near Saint-André and Argelès-sur-Mer, just south of the city of Perpignan, as firefighters attempted to contain the blaze.

Thirty houses, a campsite and a warehouse were damaged, roads were blocked and train services between Perpignan and the Spanish border were temporarily suspended.

Senior regional official Rodrigue Furcy told a local French radio station that, "The fire has been contained,” but the area remained “under close surveillance and firefighters were still battling the blaze”.

Yesterday the regions of Savoie and Haute-Savoie on the French-Swiss border were added to the orange alert (the level below the maximum warning), while the Ain and Isère departments have been on heatwave watch since Sunday.

Higher temperatures are predicted for the Pyrénées-Orientales region as the week goes on, with spikes of up to 39 degrees Celsius looking likely due to a hot southerly wind moving in over the mountains.

Many countries across southern Europe have been affected by wildfires and heat waves due to a combination of the El Niño weather pattern and global warming.

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