George and Amal Clooney flee French home due to wildfire
George and Amal Clooney evacuated their estate in Brignoles, France, as a precaution due to nearby wildfires. While the couple's home was not directly destroyed, they expressed solidarity with the local community affected by the blaze.
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Illustrates the impact of severe climate-related wildfires on both local residents and high-profile individuals in Europe.
Layer 1 George and Amal Clooney/CREDIT: US Weekly
Hollywood star George Clooney and his human rights lawyer wife Amal have evacuated their French home near the southeastern town of Brignoles after a fast-moving wildfire broke out nearby, authorities said Thursday.
Over the past week, France has been battling some of the country’s worst forest fires in living memory.
The largest fire has ravaged 42,000 hectares (103,000 acres)– an area larger than the US city of Detroit — in the southwest of France.
The Clooneys, who have nine-year-old twins, own the Domaine du Canadel, an estate near Brignoles where a fire broke out on Wednesday evening.
“At this point we have no idea whether our beautiful home makes it through this terrible moment,” the couple said in a letter to the mayor of Brignoles quoted by People magazine.
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