Hundreds of people were forced to leave a peninsula in Western France by boat on Friday – local authorities ordered an evacuation as a rapidly spreading forest fire approached.
In Italy, France and Spain, forest fires continued to rage on Thursday, and flames spreading due to heat and strong winds forced thousands of people to leave their homes.
Firefighters said Wednesday that a fire that engulfed wooded hills in southern France, forcing hundreds of people to leave their homes, had been brought under control.