More than 300,000 flee wildfires in France and Spain

More than 300,000 flee wildfires in France and Spain: a running story on the front pages of 4 newsrooms from 25 July 2026 to 9 August 2026, 14 headlines over 16 days.

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As it ran

9 August 2026

• BBC News Hundreds arrested over French wildfires, but who is to blame?

6 August 2026

• Al Jazeera As Spain grieves, recurrent heatwaves stir fears of further wildfires
• BBC News 'The fire's right there' - Families recount fleeing Washington state wildfires

5 August 2026

• BBC News 'The fire's right there' - Families recount fleeing Washington state wildfires

2 August 2026

• Al Jazeera Greece battles raging wildfires as flames appear to ease in France

29 July 2026

• BBC News 'It's a hell of a situation': Spain grapples with devastating wildfires

27 July 2026

• AP Wildfires in France drive 250,000 people from their homes and creep toward wine city of Bordeaux

26 July 2026

• AP France and Spain battle wildfires as more than 250,000 people are forced to flee homes
• BBC News More than 300,000 flee wildfires in France and Spain
• CNN More than 250,000 evacuated as wildfires rage in France and Spain
• Al Jazeera Wildfires in Spain and France force evacuation of more than 267,000 people

25 July 2026

• BBC News Firefighters struggle to contain Madrid wildfires, as more than 140,000 evacuated in France and Spain
• AP More than 200,000 people flee raging wildfires in France and Spain, some escaping by boat
• BBC News Wildfires rage across Spain and France