Brits flee from French cape inferno: Tourists describe ‘enormous’ flames during escape from wildfire as 40,000 are evacuated from burning peninsula

A wildfire tore through a peninsula in France popular with wealthy holidaymakers, forcing the evacuation of around 40,000 tourists and residents as flames swept through the area. British holidaymakers described "enormous" flames and chaotic scenes as they fled the blaze, which struck amid a wider wave of wildfire activity across southern Europe, including a separate fire threatening the outskirts of Madrid. Authorities scrambled emergency services to manage the mass evacuation and contain the fire.

Eyewitnesses recounted the speed and scale of the flames as they escaped the affected coastal area, with emergency services working to clear tourists and locals from the peninsula. The blaze forms part of a broader pattern of wildfires affecting the region this summer, with Spain's capital also facing a nearby fire threat, underlining the severity of conditions driving multiple simultaneous incidents across France and Spain.