Wildfires rage in south-western France amid new heatwave

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on Tuesday , destroying 16 houses, burning 6,000ha and forcing the evacuation of almost 6,000 people in an area already hit last month by huge blazes.

that have triggered multiple wildfires across the continent over the past two months.

"The fire is rampant and has now spread to the Landes department," local authorities of the wine-growing Gironde department said in a statement.The Gironde department in south-western France was hit in July by two wildfires.Fires were also raging on Tuesday in other parts of the country, one in the southern departments of Lozere and Aveyron, where close to 600ha have already burned and where Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin is due to go later in the day.

Another fire is in the Maine et Loire department in western France, where 650ha have been scorched and 500 are threatened, according to local authorities.

 

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