France, Spain race to contain wildfires as heatwave looms | RTÉ News
France has evacuated 4,000 more people in the face of a giant wildfire as it braced for worsening conditions, while Spain's PM said there was "light at the end of the tunnel" for his country's own fight.
Firefighters in both countries are battling to contain the worst wildfires in living memory before the arrival of a fourth heatwave of the summer brings scorching temperatures.
Flames have torn through vast swathes of forest, incinerating properties and forcing the evacuation of tens of thousands of people.
Over the past six days, the largest French wildfire since 1949 has raged west of Bordeaux, forcing more than 220,000 people to flee and destroying 240 houses.
Kate Varley reports from Bordeaux.
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