Channel Islander abandons Bordeaux as the flames 'arrive at the city's gates'
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Channel Islander abandons Bordeaux as the flames 'arrive at the city's gates'
• Officials in the Gironde region have told tourists to stay away and are considering evacuating the city of Bordeaux as the flames 'arrive at the city's gates'.
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