{"id":517932,"date":"2026-07-27T10:13:28","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T14:13:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/?p=517932"},"modified":"2026-07-27T10:13:34","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T14:13:34","slug":"massive-wildfire-near-bordeaux-forces-220000-evacuations-in-france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/the-weather\/massive-wildfire-near-bordeaux-forces-220000-evacuations-in-france\/","title":{"rendered":"Massive wildfire near Bordeaux forces 220,000 evacuations in France"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A massive wildfire has scorched <strong>42,000 hectares<\/strong> in <strong>Gironde<\/strong>, southwestern France, advancing to within <strong>15 kilometers (9 miles)<\/strong> of the city of <strong>Bordeaux<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fueled by strong winds, the blaze has spread rapidly through forests and nearby communities, prompting authorities to evacuate approximately <strong>220,000 people<\/strong> from affected areas as firefighters continue battling the flames.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dramatic aerial footage filmed from a <strong>Canadair firefighting aircraft<\/strong> shows towering flames consuming vast stretches of forest. Emergency officials remain on high alert as efforts continue to contain one of France&#8217;s most destructive wildfires in recent years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A massive wildfire has scorched 42,000 hectares in Gironde, southwestern France, advancing to within 15 kilometers (9 miles) of the city of Bordeaux. Fueled by strong winds, the blaze has spread rapidly through forests and nearby communities, prompting authorities to evacuate approximately 220,000 people from affected areas as firefighters continue battling the flames. Dramatic aerial [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":517935,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[41284],"tags":[40622,44484],"class_list":["post-517932","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-weather","tag-france","tag-wildfire"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-2aJK","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/07\/AFP_C3969BR.jpg","dum_api":{"author_name":"Edith B\u00e1ez","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/cropped-WhatsApp-Image-2026-08-11-at-11.09.56-AM-96x96.jpeg","categories_name":["The Weather"],"featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cdn.deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/07\/AFP_C3969BR.jpg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/517932","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=517932"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/517932\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/517935"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=517932"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=517932"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=517932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}