France orders evacuation of Cap Ferret peninsula as wildfire spreads – Europe live

Evacuees have been told to leave the area before 10am, using hundreds of mobilised boats or the only road linking the area with the mainland

Thousands of people have been forced to flee parts of south-west France amid worsening wildfires that prompted the authorities to order people to evacuate from the Cap Ferret peninsula along the Atlantic coast.

Evacuees have been told to leave the area before 10am, using hundreds of mobilised boats or the only road linking the area with the mainland.