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George and Amal Clooney have evacuated their home in France amid wildfires sweeping through the region.
Us obtained a letter that the couple, 65 and 48 respectively, sent to Didier Brémond, mayor of the southeastern French village of Brignoles. (The Clooneys have lived in an 18th century farmhouse in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur community since 2021.)
The Clooneys wrote, “Dear Didier, at this point we have no idea whether our beautiful home makes it through this terrible moment and as we evacuate Brignoles we want to emphasise 2 things, first we hope you and the people of our city are safe and second that Amal and I are committed to making sure that whatever happens to our village, we are part of this community and we’ll be part of making it whole. We love Brignoles and our friends who live there.”
Wildfires, fueled by an extreme heatwave, have ravaged Europe in recent days, forcing large-scale evacuations across France, Greece, Italy and Spain.
CNN reported that more than 3,000 people have been evacuated from the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region, where the Clooneys live, while French and Spanish authorities confirmed that more than 250,000 people total have been evacuated across both countries due to the fires.
“In these hours when the flames are severely testing our country, France reveals what it is: a united people, standing shoulder to shoulder,” French President Emmanuel Macron tweeted on Saturday, July 25. “Thank you to our firefighters, our military personnel, the civil security forces, our gendarmes and police officers, as well as to the farmers and entrepreneurs, who through their commitment and courage, relentlessly combat the fires.”
Macron, 48, continued, “All civil and military resources are mobilized: civil security aerial resources, Canadair, Dash, water-bomber helicopters, reinforcements from across France. … Our thoughts also go to Spain, Italy, Greece, and all the peoples who are also facing wildfires.”
“We will rebuild, we will repair, and we will be there as long as it takes,” the politician vowed.
Firefighters battle a wildfire on July 29, 2026, in Lanton, France. Pierre Crom/Getty Images
George and Amal own various properties throughout Europe, including the historic Mill House estate in Berkshire, England, and a residence known as Villa Oleandra in Lake Como, Italy.
Last October, Clooney told The Guardian that he moved his family to France to give his 9-year-old twins, Alexander and Ella, the best possible childhood.
“We live on a farm in France,” he said. “A good portion of my life growing up was on a farm [in Kentucky], and as a kid I hated the whole idea of it. But now, for [the twins], it’s like – they’re not on their iPads, you know? They have dinner with grownups and have to take their dishes in.”
The two-time Oscar winner went on, “They have a much better life. I was worried about raising our kids in LA, in the culture of Hollywood. I felt like they were never going to get a fair shake at life. France – they kind of don’t give a s*** about fame. I don’t want them to be walking around worried about paparazzi. I don’t want them being compared to somebody else’s famous kids.”
George and Amal officially received French citizenship with their twins in December 2025, per a naturalization decree published by French newspaper Journal Officiel.
