Southern Europe evacuates hundreds of thousands as wildfires blaze across Italy, France, Spain and Greece

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Wildfires across Southern Europe have forced mass evacuations. In Italy, more than 400 tourists were rescued by six coast‑guard vessels, three finance‑police boats and about ten private ships from the area around the town of Peschici on the Adriatic coast. Across the wider region, over 300,000 people have been evacuated as fires ravaged parts of France, Spain and Italy. In France, flames near Bordeaux have burned roughly 42,000 hectares and prompted more than 200,000 residents of the Gironde department to flee, while at least 240 houses were destroyed. Spain has seen about 75,000 hectares of forest and farmland consumed, with tens of thousands of people evacuated. Greece, while historically prone to large fires, reports a comparatively milder season after extensive reforms to its disaster‑response system; the prime minister has made wildfire protection a top priority and cites past incidents that burned up to 93,000 hectares and caused significant loss of life.

Entities: Aida Azatyan · Aragatsotn Province · Ararat Province · Armenia · Armenian Electric Networks · Armenian Shooting Federation · Bordeaux · Emmanuel Macron · France · Gegharkunik Province · Gironde · Gor Khachatrjan

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[● 3 SOURCES] The outages affect specific streets and districts in Yerevan, including Grigor Lusavorich Street, Zakyan Street, Mashtots Avenue, and Charents Street, with times ranging from 10:00 to 16:00. (belonging)
[● 3 SOURCES] Armenian Electric Networks announced scheduled electricity outages on July 27 for maintenance. (belonging)
[● 2 SOURCES] The July 27 power outages also affect villages in Aragatsotn, Ararat, Gegharkunik, Kotayk, Shirak and Syunik provinces, each with designated outage periods between 11:00 and 17:00. (belonging)
[○ 1 SOURCE] Armenian Electric Networks scheduled electricity outages for July 27 in Yerevan and seven provinces. (Armenian Electric Networks)
[○ 1 SOURCE] Over 300,000 people have been evacuated across Southern Europe because of wildfires. (supported_by_article_ids)
[○ 1 SOURCE] In the Bordeaux region of France, about 42,000 hectares of land have burned and more than 200,000 people fled. (supported_by_article_ids)
[○ 1 SOURCE] At least 240 houses were destroyed in the Gironde department of France during the fire. (supported_by_article_ids)
[○ 1 SOURCE] Greece has upgraded its disaster‑response system and declared wildfire protection a top priority. (supported_by_article_ids)
[○ 1 SOURCE] Past Greek wildfires have burned up to 93,000 hectares and caused significant casualties. (supported_by_article_ids)
[○ 1 SOURCE] More than 400 tourists were evacuated by boat from the Peschici area in Italy due to a wildfire. (supported_by_article_ids)
[○ 1 SOURCE] Approximately 75,000 hectares have burned in Spain, prompting evacuations of tens of thousands of people. (supported_by_article_ids)
[○ 1 SOURCE] In 2021, a fire on the island of Euboea in Greece burned more than 50,000 hectares. (supported_by_article_ids)