George and Amal Clooney have evacuated their home in the south of France as wildfires continue to sweep across parts of southern Europe, with the couple saying they have “no idea” whether their property will survive.
The actor and human rights lawyer announced they had left their home in Brignoles, in France’s Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region, in a letter to the town’s mayor, Didier Brémond.
“At this point we have no idea whether our beautiful home makes it through this terrible moment,” the couple wrote, according to People magazine, which first reported it.
“As we evacuate Brignoles we want to emphasise two 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.”
The Independent has reached out to the Clooneys’ representatives for comment.
George, 64, and Amal, 48, live in the town with their nine-year-old twins, Alexander and Ella. They bought the house for a reported $8.3m in 2021, and the 425-acre estate reportedly consists of an 18th-century mansion with a pool, tennis court, vast gardens, and an ornamental lake.
The family made the French countryside their primary residence after moving there from the US last year and were granted French citizenship in 2025.
A prolonged heatwave, combined with tinder-dry vegetation, low humidity, and strong winds, has fuelled wildfires across southern Europe. In France, about 224,000 people have been evacuated from the Gironde region in the south-west, while a further 3,000 people have been forced to leave their homes in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region, where the Clooneys live, according to CNN.
The largest blaze, burning near Bordeaux, has scorched more than 42,000 hectares – an area roughly four times the size of Paris – and officials have warned that high temperatures and shifting winds continue to pose a risk of fresh flare-ups despite progress in containing parts of the fire.
Elsewhere in southern Europe, Spain has continued to battle fires in and around Madrid, Ávila, Castellón, and Zamora. While some evacuation orders have been lifted as conditions improved, new fires have broken out in Zamora, and about 10,000 people remain displaced in Castellón.
Greece has been among the hardest-hit countries, with three firefighters killed while tackling separate blazes on Crete, the mainland, and the Peloponnese. High winds have also forced fresh evacuations of residents and tourists, as authorities across the region warn that the prolonged heatwave is likely to keep wildfire conditions dangerously high.
Clooney has talked about leaving Los Angeles for a quieter life in France and why he felt that it worked out better for his children telling Esquire that he “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,” he said.
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