Europe's wildfire crisis shifted dramatically on Saturday, with significant progress in western Europe but a dangerous escalation in Greece. In southwestern France, firefighters successfully contained a massive blaze that had burned 420 square kilometers of pine forest west of Bordeaux, allowing approximately 198,000 evacuees to return home in what may have been the country's largest peacetime evacuation. However, the Cap Ferret peninsula remained evacuated due to persistent hot spots, and a second fire in the Var region kept 2,500 people from returning. Portugal declared its major wildfire under control, while Spain's largest fires stopped advancing and most evacuation orders were lifted.