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A 2:47 a.m. alert, a rabbit and 220,000 evacuees as France’s wildfire rages on

  • Late-night emergency phone alerts sent families scrambling — one woman fled at 2:47 a.m. with her 9-year-old, a rabbit and a dog and is now in a makeshift shelter.
  • A massive wildfire around Bordeaux has forced more than 220,000 people from dozens of towns, with international firefighting efforts underway.
  • Locals say repeated heat waves and climate change are making these blazes more frequent and worry the problem will only get worse.
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