US, July 25 -- The European Commission says it is helping finance and coordinate the deployment of a record number of firefighters, aircraft, and emergency experts to support wildfire response, including in France and Spain.

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Are tourists being evacuated from France and Spain because of wildfires? Yes. Massive wildfires burning across France and Spain have forced the evacuation of more than 200,000 people, including thousands of international tourists vacationing during Europe's busiest summer travel season.

Authorities say the fires are among the largest and fastest-moving of t...