Sergipe in France leaves home due to forest fires Shayna Mendonça, 34, from Sergipe, is among the more than 325,000 people who had to leave their home due to large-scale forest fires affecting Spain and France. She reported to g1, this Monday (27), that she has been experiencing moments of worry not knowing when she will return home. ? Click here to follow the g1 SE channel on WhatsApp Shayna said she has been in France for around six years and lives in Bordeaux, where there are records of a lot of smoke and fires. She stated that the situation there is more under control and that some people are being taken into shelters. However, as she had an elderly person with bronchitis in the family, she explained that it was not possible to remain in the city. "The air quality is getting worse and we don't know what will happen tomorrow [...] We came to the city of Escoussans, 40 km from Bordeaux, to temporarily stay with family members. Those who have a car and a family far from the risk area can leave the city. Those who don't have one can't leave by plane or train," he said. Shayna Mendonça, from Sergipe who reported having left home due to the fires in France Personal archive Despite the situation, Shayna said she must return to Bordeaux this week to help with a volunteer project that welcomes people who have had to abandon their homes and have nowhere to go. About the fires Fires in France and Spain force 325,000 people to leave their homes Forest fires are raging in central Spain and southwest France and continue to cause destruction and disruption in both countries. The outbreaks decreased a little this Monday (27), thanks to more favorable weather conditions, according to authorities, but a new heat wave is expected to arrive from Wednesday (29). Members of Spain's Military Emergency Unit (UME) and firefighters from the Castilla y León region fight a fire in a forest area near the residential neighborhood of La Atalaya, in El Tiemblo, 80 km west of Madrid, on July 25, 2026, amid forest fires that have already consumed up to 25 thousand hectares. CESAR MANSO/AFP/file In the French region affected by the fire, the temperature reached 32.2 ºC, more than 7 degrees above the average maximum for July, according to data from the Reuters Climate Monitor. In Spain, which declared a state of emergency on Friday (24) after two fires near Madrid merged, three separate fronts remain active in the mountains northwest of Madrid. A plane drops fire retardant as efforts to combat forest fires in Marcheprime, Gironde department, France REUTERS/Florion Goga/archive READ MORE: Devastating fires in France and Spain: fire subsides, but new heat wave worries