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- Aurélie Filleau and her husband received 10 minutes' notice on July 22 to evacuate their home in Le Porge, a town near Bordeaux, France, with their children.
- The Filleau family brought their dog into the car but left behind two cats and a parrot during the rapid evacuation.
- Le Porge, near Bordeaux, France, was the site of the evacuation as wildfires intensified across the region.
- Filleau's account opens with the truncated statement, "I wanted to protect them..."
Why it matters: Ten minutes' notice forced the Filleau family to triage which pets to save — they loaded their dog but left behind two cats and a parrot in Le Porge near Bordeaux. The truncated evacuation window shows how little warning southwestern France residents now receive when fires approach.
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