The megafire consumed 42,000 hectares of forestland, forced 200,000 evacuations, and pushed emergency services to their limits with ongoing daily outbreaks. Firefighters report extreme exhaustion after reaching 'the abyss,' while officials debate whether insufficient resources and aging equipment hampered response efforts.
France's 'megafire' forces 200,000 from homes as exhausted firefighters wage war of attrition
200,000 people evacuated from their homes; some homes destroyed or damaged; three firefighters died in Greece during concurrent European wildfires; psychological and material recovery needs identified.