Elaine Cobbe
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91 appearances
2 recordings
1 series
first heard Jul 2026
last heard 26 Jul
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Yes, nearly a quarter of a half, a quarter of a million people, sorry, have been evacuated from the southwestern Gironde region with 55,000 new evacuations overnight.
Now, 42,000 hectares have been destroyed by fire in that area.
And the interior minister said this morning that the conditions remain very unfavourable for
The police chief along that western coastline says today is decisive because there's some chance the wind might move in a different direction.
But they are they have brought in the army.
They have firefighters and they're freeing up security anywhere they can to send them to the area to help try to control those fires.
No, it is very much being felt nationwide, especially this year, because that fire in Fontainebleau in the Royal Forest, just outside Paris, really brought it home to people that, yes, there can be huge fires in the northern half of the country and also so close to the capital.
where there is a concentration of police and firefighters just because of the population.
And the fact that it got so close and ran for so long and is still going, although it's under control, really reminded people that nowhere is safe because it is usually in the south and southwest.
But there are fires in Normandy and in northern France as well, much more easily brought under control.
But nonetheless, there's a big feeling of solidarity in the country.
Yes, and some of those who are being moved are residents of retirement homes where there are concerns for their safety as the air quality drops.
2,600 have been given other homes and other places to sleep in Bordeaux alone.
But there are people who have holiday homes that have been in the family for years.
I know someone who went down to what turned out to be the flashpoint of the fire and they moved then to Arcachon, which is
a bay just outside Bordeaux, thinking this is safer.
And then they had to move into Bordeaux.
And now villages around Bordeaux are being evacuated as the fire is just 15 kilometres from the Bordeaux city area.
Now, the mayor says there's no plans to evacuate the city yet.
but they've opened a main conference centre for evacuees.
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