WATCH: 10,000 Evacuated near Spanish Border, 700 Firefighters & EU Air Fleet Battle Blaze!

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A fast-moving, out-of-control wildfire tearing through the Trevillach massif in southwestern France has forced the emergency evacuation of more than 10,000 residents and holidaymakers across two dozen communes near the Spanish border. Backed by water-bombing aircraft and heavy helicopters, a deployment of over 700 firefighters struggled to contain the blaze, which has already scorched approximately 4,600 hectares of dense vegetation across the parched Pyrénées-Orientales department. Fanned by shifting gale-force winds and exacerbated by soaring temperatures approaching 40 degrees Celsius, the unfolding disaster has prompted the European Union to mobilize a multi-national aerial response fleet, dispatching specialized fire-retardant planes and emergency crews from Cyprus and Sweden. The proximity of the inferno heavily disrupted the iconic Tour de France, compelling organizers and local prefects to completely close the final 44-kilometer French section of Stage Three to roadside spectat

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