Macron Calls Crisis Meeting as Monster Wildfires Drive 250,000 from Their Homes The unrelenting wildfires scorching across southwestern France have left over 250,000 people displaced, forcing President Emmanuel Macron to convene an emergency meeting on Monday.
The scale of the Gironde region fires is catastrophic, with flames consuming an area roughly four times the size of Paris.
Macron's pledge to rebuild and repair fire hit communities is a welcome gesture, but it raises more questions than answers about how the government will prevent such disasters in the future.