France mobilizes boats to evacuate Cap Ferret as wildfires blaze

French authorities ordered a full evacuation of the Cap Ferret peninsula as wildfires rage in the region, with evacuation boats operating from three piers while most residents left by road; about 40,000 people on Cap Ferret have been evacuated, though only a few hundred by sea. The fires have burned 53 homes and a campsite, and roughly 1,000 firefighters are working to contain them. A separate blaze near Biscarrosse prompted further evacuations, and EU countries have dispatched firefighting aircraft to assist. Analysts say hotter, drier conditions linked to climate change are fueling an unusually severe fire season across southern Europe.