About 1,200 people evacuated from coastal wildfire in northern France

About 1,200 people were evacuated from a campsite due to two wildfires near the beach in the north of France, local officials said on Wednesday.

The prefecture for the administrative department of Pas-de-Calais, in the country’s north and bordering the Strait of Dover, said one of the wildfires was under control, but conditions were “unfavourable” for the other one. Access was difficult and the fire was spreading unimpeded toward the south....