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Fires: thousands in emergency shelters as huge blazes take hold in France and Spain

2015-07-27 1 Dailymotion

The emergency services are at full stretch in two areas of France as they battle wildfires threatening to engulf homes and livelihoods.<br /><br /> The country’s largest summer forest fire in French) to date has taken hold near Bordeaux. No one has been injured and there is no damage to property.<br /><br /> Fréjus<br /><br /> That is not the case in Fréjus on the Cote d’Azur where 33 static caravans have been destroyed and 10,000 holidaymakers moved to safety.<br /><br /> French President Francois Hollande is in the region (page in French) to help rally the emergency crews who are working flat out.<br /><br /> Spain<br /><br /> Emergency personnel are also tackling a blaze in Spain.<br /><br /> 500 people have been evacuated from their homes in Odena in the north-eastern region of Catalonia.<br /><br /> EN DIRECTE Tanquen l’accés al monestir de #Montserrat com a mesura preventiva http://t.co/jFBvnWNKOX #IFOdena— NacióDigital.cat (@naciodigital) 26 Juillet 2015<br /><br /> The flames have laid waste to more than a thousand hectares of land.<br /><br /> Firefighters face having to

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