法国西南部吉伦特省正在经历极其猛烈的野火灾害[1]。截至目前，该省过火面积已达4.2万公顷，22万人被迫撤离家园[4]。火灾距波尔多市仅15公里[2]，浓烟笼罩了波尔多及其郊区梅里尼亚克等地[1]。法国和西班牙两国累计超过30万人疏散[2]。
撤离区域的居民经历了令人恐惧的场景。波尔多郊区的民众描述黑烟在白天遮天蔽日，空气中弥漫着刺鼻的烧焦气味，许多人呼吸困难[1]。一位名叫Jo Barnes的目击者表述了更为直观的威胁："一堵橙色火焰墙咆哮而来"[2]。另一位居民Pierre Pourquery指出，人们戴着口罩，有些人则因此出现呼吸困难[2]。
灾害造成了严重人员伤亡。消防部门报告称，88名消防员在救灾过程中受伤[4]。在邻近的朗德省，野火已被扑灭但仍造成3600公顷过火面积，近200座建筑物被毁[4]。法国气象部门警告，一轮新的热浪将来临，西南部地区气温可能再度突破40摄氏度[4]，这将对正在进行的灭火工作带来额外挑战。法国总统马克龙已前往灾区视察，与消防员会面[4]，他表示这场与大火的搏斗"尚未取胜"，并将推动灾区重建森林的相关工作[4]。
An extremely intense wildfire has engulfed France's Gironde region, forcing hundreds of thousands of residents to abandon their homes. The blaze has consumed approximately 42,000 hectares in Gironde alone, with 220,000 people evacuated from the affected area [4]. In total, more than 300,000 people have been displaced across France and Spain as the region faces large-scale wildfire disasters [2].
Residents who fled the flames described harrowing scenes. The fire burned within just 15 kilometers of Bordeaux city [2], with thick black smoke obscuring daylight and filling the air with an acrid burnt smell that made breathing difficult [1]. One witness, Jo Barnes, recounted seeing "a wall of orange flames roaring toward us" [2], while Ricardo Pozo stated he had never witnessed such an intense fire [2]. In the suburb of Mérignac near Bordeaux, people wore masks to cope with the choking smoke, and many experienced respiratory distress [2]. For evacuees like Georgia, the displacement threatened significant financial loss, including over £3,500 in accommodation costs [2].
The crisis has extended beyond Gironde. In neighboring Landes province, the burned area reached 3,600 hectares, with nearly 200 buildings destroyed [4]. Across the border, Madrid's central region in Spain has been ravaged, with over 27,000 hectares burned [2]. The fire's intensity has taken a toll on emergency responders, with 88 firefighters injured during rescue efforts [4]. President Macron visited the disaster area to meet with firefighters and survey the damage, declaring that "the struggle against the fire has not yet been won" and committing to forest reconstruction efforts in the affected regions [4].
The situation is expected to worsen. France's meteorological agency warned of a new heat wave beginning on the 28th, with temperatures in the southwest potentially exceeding 40 degrees Celsius, posing additional challenges to firefighting operations [4].