Nearly 300,000 Evacuated as Wildfires Sweep France and Spain, Killing at Least Two

Wildfires across France and Spain have forced nearly 300,000 people to evacuate or take shelter as of July 25–26, 2026, with at least two lives lost. France alone has seen 220,000 evacuations. A third summer heatwave has driven extreme fire risk on both sides of the Pyrenees, stretching firefighting resources across two national theaters with no containment timeline confirmed.