Two firefighters died on Tuesday, July 21, 2026, while battling a building fire in Mérignac, a suburb near Bordeaux airport in southwestern France. French Interior Minister Laurent Nunez announced the fatalities to lawmakers in the National Assembly the same day.
Bordeaux airport posted a notice on its website reporting that the nearby fire was causing delays to some flights operating at the facility. The extent and number of affected flights were not specified.
Mérignac is located just outside the city of Bordeaux, where the main regional airport is situated. Authorities have not released information about the cause of the fire
or detailed operational impacts beyond the flight delays mentioned by the airport.
