Some 50 square miles have been consumed by the blaze that has raged since Wednesday near Cap Ferret. Wildfires also broke out in France’s Le Proge region (Caroline Blumberg/AP) (Caroline Blumberg/AP Photo/Caroline Blumberg)Located just 37 miles from Bordeaux, the peninsula normally offers stunning landscapes and sandy beaches as well as oyster-farming villages and upmarket resorts. Both France and Spain have asked fellow European Union members for help. Meanwhile, a blaze in Avila, less than two hours north-west of Madrid, had consumed 34 square miles, causing another 1,500 people to flee. People watch massive plumes of smoke caused by wildfires in western France (Caroline Blumberg/AP) (Caroline Blumberg/AP Photo/Caroline Blumberg)“All around the town was smoke and fire, I was scared.