Massive wildfires in France and Spain continued to gather strength overnight with yet more evacuations for residents near France's western Bordeaux and Spain's capital Madrid.

A new fire outside the Spanish coastal town of Valencia claimed one life and forced residents to flee.

What is the latest on the French wildfires?

French Interior Minister Laurent Nunez on Sunday said that the blaze raging in the Gironde region near popular Bordeaux had become "extremely intense and unpredictable again" overnight.

Some 2,500 firefighters as well as 1,500 military personnel and 1,200 police have been deployed to the region.