Two water-dumping planes were deployed over the area along with hundreds of firefighters on the ground, regional fire service spokesperson Paul Laurain told public broadcaster France-Info.Trains to and from the bustling Gare de Lyon train station were disrupted late Sunday but were returning to normal Monday morning. A section of the busy A6 highway leading southeast of Paris was shut down because of fire risk.Large fires in southern France have already scorched thousands of hectares since last week, disrupting the Tour de France cycling race and stretching firefighting resources.Flames rise in the Fontainebleau Forest on Sunday.Geoffroy Van Der Hasselt / AFP via Getty ImagesFrance is experiencing the peak of its third heat wave of the summer, with temperatures surpassing 40 C (104 F) across western and central areas and around 37 C (98 F) in Paris.Spain is also experiencing extreme heat and violent fires, including one that roared through a remote expat community last week, killing at least 12 people as victims tried to flee the flames in cars and on foot.Europe is the world’s fastest-warming continent, with temperatures increasing twice as fast as the global average since the 1980s, according to the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service.
Major fire in Fontainebleau forest near Paris forces evacuations, disrupts trains and highway
It was among several wildfires raging in western European countries as the region bakes under its third red-alert heat wave this year.
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