Around 4,000 holidaymakers have been evacuated from a popular French beach resort as a massive wildfire continues to rage towards missile and rocket factories in the country's southwest.Officials ordered campsites, holiday villages, tourist residences and leisure parks to be cleared in the surfing hotspot of Lacanau, around 35 miles west of Bordeaux, as firefighters battled what has become France's largest wildfire since 1949. The latest evacuation comes as France and Spain battle the worst wildfires in living memory, with more than 360,000 people forced from their homes across the two countries and almost 100,000 hectares of land destroyed. France evacuated 4,000 more people on Tuesday as it braced for worsening conditions, while Spain's prime minister said there was 'light at the end of the tunnel' in his country's own fight. Firefighters in France and Spain were battling to contain the blazes before the arrival of a fourth heatwave of the summer brings scorching temperatures.Flames have torn through vast swathes of forest in both countries, incinerating properties and forcing the evacuation of tens of thousands of people.In a sign of progress, Spain's interior ministry said it would end evacuation orders for 13 municipalities on Tuesday afternoon, without providing details of how many people were covered.But in France, Marielle Mourgeon was among 4,000 people forced to cut holidays short in the seaside village of Lacanau, near Bordeaux, after authorities ordered campsites to evacuate as a precaution. Firefighters work as flames and smoke rise during a wildfire, amid drought conditions following a heatwave and water shortages across much of France A firefighter amid smoke rising from hotspots at Le Grand Crohot amid drought conditions following a heatwave and water shortages across much of France This photograph shows smoke from the wildfire on the west of Bordeux, seen from the Arcachon bay in Gujan-Mestras, southwestern France on July 28
Raging French wildfire closes in on missile and rocket factories
Officials ordered campsites, holiday villages, tourist residences and leisure parks to be cleared in the surfing hotspot of Lacanau.











