But blazes flared elsewhere across Europe and actor George Clooney said he’d evacuated his French home because of a nearby wildfire. The fire near Brignoles, in the Var region, flared Wednesday, forcing 700 people to evacuate, the mayor’s office said. Returnees in France clear away ashIn the Bordeaux region of southwest France, wildfire evacuees streamed back to nine localities that authorities now deem safe after round-the-clock combat with the huge fire that ignited last week. At the peak of evacuations, a third of a million people were driven from homes and vacation sites in France and Spain. In Turkey, firefighters and aircraft battled forest fires in four western provinces, including tourist areas Mugla and Antalya.