More than 200,000 people flee wildfires in France and Spain

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Large forest fires burned out of control in south-western France and central Spain on Friday, prompting authorities to evacuate an estimated 200,000 people from their homes.

Dozens of firefighters were injured, authorities said, but no deaths were reported in either country.

Some 141,000 fled homes in the Gironde and Landes departments in France, the Interior Ministry said.

Smoke and flames rise as a wildfire advances near San Martin de Valdeiglesias, Avila province, Spain (Manu Fernandez/AP)

In central Spain, 60,000 were forced from their homes, the Spanish Interior Ministry said.