Will France's Gironde wildfires burn more than 150,000 acres before Aug 7?
100% of users predicted YES — the community missed this one. 1 predictions cast.
France's Gironde wildfire, the country's largest since 1949, was declared contained by Interior Minister Laurent Nunez around Aug. 1, 2026, after burning approximately 42,000 hectares — about 104,000 acres — of pine forest and agricultural land west of Bordeaux over roughly nine days. The blaze forced more than 200,000 evacuations at its peak, one of France's largest peacetime evacuations.
Extreme heat and dry conditions fueled the fire's rapid spread in late July, but firefighting crews gained the upper hand as weather eased in early August, allowing officials to declare the flames no longer spreading even as new fires broke out elsewhere in France and Spain. The roughly 104,000 acres burned fell well short of the 150,000-acre threshold in the question.
The community vote unanimously predicted the fire would exceed 150,000 acres (100% "yes" on a single vote), which did not occur — a miss, though based on only one vote.