Watch: Wildfires rage across France and SpainFrench authorities have ordered the evacuation of the entirety of the Cap Ferret peninsula on the south-west coast, with hundreds of people escaping by boat. Tens of thousands of people are being evacuated from the tourist spot west of Bordeaux, as firefighters continue to battle what the local prefect described as an "XXL fire" in the Gironde region. Three fires were burning west of Madrid, at Villa del Prado and San Martín de Valdeiglesias. The Cap Ferret peninsula has a year-round population of just under 8,000 but that can swell by 10 times that number in peak season. Advertisement AdvertisementAround 20,000 people within the Gironde region had been evacuated on Thursday many of whom were visitors to campsites on the peninsula.