The fires, fanned by scorching heat and strong winds, have spread across 19,300 hectares in the countryside surrounding Bordeaux since July 12, with a total of 34,000 people forced to evacuate their homes."Despite attacks from the ground and from the air, the situation has still not stabilised," the state prefecture said in a statement, adding that there had been no reports of death or injury.
The region is home to famous vineyards and chateaux but there have been so far no reports of specific damage to the vines. A second blaze, that has already burnt 6,500 hectares, is raging along the Atlantic Coast close to the Dune du Pilat - the tallest sand dune in Europe - in the Arcachon Bay area, above which heavy clouds of smoke rose into the sky.
As wildfires raged across parched southern France, Spain and elsewhere, Britain was forecast to see temperatures hit 40C for the first time on Tuesday after logging its warmest night on record.
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