France, July 25 -- French authorities said Sunday that 220,000 people have now been evacuated from the main forest fire raging in the southwest of the country that now threatens the city of Bordeaux.

The latest evacuations have been in villages around Bordeaux while 60 kilometres of the main A63 highway from Bordeaux to the Spanish border has been closed because of the fires, regional authorities said. Tens of thousands more have been evacuated from other wildfires in France and central Spain.

Thousands crowded into emergency shelters in France and Spain on Sunday after wildfires drove more than 300,000 people to flee their homes and holiday accommodation. People evacuated due to the wildfires take some food as they shelter at the Parc ...