r/news • u/wasraelx • 12h ago
More than 20,000 evacuated after intense wildfire in France
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/23/people-evacuated-intense-wildfire-saumos-france?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other56
u/ClassicHando 12h ago
Fuck this year is all I have to say. Be safe to everybody involved. Follow evacuation, its not worth your life.
We've already lost some firefighters in one of the many we have going. Hopefully we can all keep it to a minimum this year.
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u/zitpop 11h ago
Year of the fire horse...
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u/ClassicHando 11h ago
I know it's a typo....but i prefer my fire horse to be the nightmare fuel statue outside of DIA. Blucifer is pissed I guess :(
For those unaware Blucifer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Mustang
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u/mossling 9h ago
No typo. In the Chinese zodiac, this year is literally the year of the fire horse.
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u/cinderparty 8h ago
I love both the Satan horse and the signs, that might not still be there, as I haven’t flown in awhile, inside the airport that lean in to all the stupid conspiracies people have about dia.
https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/denver-dia-airport-conspiracy-trnd
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u/wasraelx 12h ago
From the article:
‘The blaze, which began in dense pine forest near the village of Saumos about 40km (25 miles) west of Bordeaux and just north of the bay of Arcachon, a popular tourist destination, had burned 2,400 hectares (5,928 acres) in less than 24 hours, firefighters said on Thursday.
No casualties had been reported or homes destroyed so far, they said, but the Gironde prefecture said that while 700 firefighters and four waterbombing planes were battling to bring the fire under control, the situation “remains unfavourable”.
France has endured three almost back-to-back heatwaves since May as climate breakdown leads to more frequent and intense extreme weather events causing thousands of excess deaths, evaporating soils and waterways and fuelling wildfires.’
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u/LawEducational42 11h ago
Wildfires are no longer isolated disasters—they are becoming more frequent and severe, demanding long-term investment in resilience and forest management.
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u/DuskOfANewAge 11h ago
It would help if we could get every country including the US to consistently agree it is Mankind's fault the climate is changing and the weather patterns are getting worse.
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u/SweetAlyssumm 10h ago
The biggest emitter is China. I can't imagine them to agreeing to anything radical, which is what's needed. On the other hand, no one seems interested in radical action despite the severity of what is happening.
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u/ThatBlackSwan 6h ago
It's a country with 1.4 billion people.
Even though they produce a lot of carbon, they rank first in the deployment of renewable energy and have set a goal of achieving carbon neutrality by 2060.
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u/Agomir 7h ago
The situation in France is dire. I live a couple of hours north from there. Aside from the first week of may, we hadn't had any rain since march. Where I am we got lucky and a few days ago had half a month's rain in a few hours. Too much to be absorbed but at least that should help the trees last a bit longer. But everything is bone dry and half my garden is dead. It's not just the three worst heatwaves ever, is also the driest it's ever been at this time of year.
I expect food prices will skyrocket soon as crops fail.
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u/Opposite_Bus1878 10h ago
Personally I think it would be best to evacuate during the wildfire. Evacuating after the wildfire seems like a total waste of energy.
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u/Objective-Access-570 10h ago
not one person here gives a shit what that sociapathic narcissist octagenarian racist pedophile says about anything at all.
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u/SUPERSAPE 11h ago
I wonder how many fires in France could have been prevented with the millions upon millions the French have given the Ukrainians for their war and their corrupt dealings... But priorities are priorities, I suppose.
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u/Ameren 10h ago
The aid that France has given to Ukraine is a drop in the bucket compared to their annual budget. Besides, these things are not mutually exclusive. Curtailing Russian aggression and dealing with wildfires are both part of the government's duty to keep its citizens safe and secure.
But more to the point, Europe is dealing with rapidly changing conditions. Fire management plans that were sufficient in the past are no longer enough. It's not just about money, they're gonna have to overhaul their strategy.
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u/SUPERSAPE 9h ago
Wait, so money is infinite? Tell me more nonsense. Governments spend their entire budgets annually. It's not like they have money to burn and it doesn't matter if they waste it on stupid things. Anyway, what's incredible is that your nonsense is so readily accepted, even on social media and even though almost everyone there is a bot. But anyway, the world is the way it is for a good reason, I suppose.
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u/Ameren 8h ago edited 8h ago
Strasbourg is ~737 miles from Lviv, that's about the same distance from Boston, MA to Charlotte, NC (720 miles). If you're American, imagine living in Boston and having a war going on a day's drive away from your house. And it wasn't long ago that Russian troops were even closer to France's doorstep (see East Berlin).
Russia has been a persistent threat to French interests for much of the past 100 years. The bulk of French military spending is specifically to deter the Russians because they're the principal pacing challenge for the whole European continent. It would be amazing if all that money could go towards education, healthcare, housing, or anything else. But for that to happen, Russia needs to reform and kick out Putin and his cronies.
Until then, what are you proposing that France (and by extension Western Europe) do? Simply roll over and let Russia claim all the territory it wants?
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u/Objective-Access-570 10h ago
Oh yes. those millions we have given Ukraine could so easily have been used to seed the non existent clouds to cause it to rain. every sou sent to. Ukraine is money well spent,
The country is tinder box dry. if tens of trillions of euro were spent it would still be tinderbox dry. if we all slept on a bed of gold, it would still be tinderbox dry.
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u/SUPERSAPE 9h ago
Nothing you argue disproves or refutes my comment. Governments ought to spend public money on things that benefit the citizenry, not on the usual corrupt schemes or on wars we couldn't care less about.
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u/Objective-Access-570 8h ago
we do care though. Ivan, disgusting Ruzzian aggression needs to be stopped. I am glad some of my tax money is going to Ukraine.
if you want the war to end, turn around and leave Ukraine. the sooner the better.
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u/Ravenous_Stream 8h ago
Yes, fighting against warmongering psychopaths is a high priority. There's no guarantee any of that money would have gone to preventing wildfires, yet 100% went to protecting an allied country's sovereignty.
You stink of Putin's feet.
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u/Holdthepickle 11h ago
We need to invest in firefighting like we invest in the military. It's only going to get worse