NewsWorld newsWildfiresLIVEUpdated just nowA handful of people have been arrested for allegedly taking advantage of those affected by wildfires in south-west France, which have forced more than 220,000 people to fleeA handful of people have been arrested as wildfires ravage the Gironde region(Image: Melissa Sood / SWNS)Astonishing arrests have been made as firefighters continue to battle wildfires that have ravaged 42,000 hectares of south-west France and spread into parts of the Bordeaux metropolitan area.More than 220,000 people in the Gironde region have been evacuated over the past week in what has been France's largest peacetime evacuation.But while many have sought refuge in evacuation centres, a handful of people have instead found themselves in police custody. A man was arrested after allegedly "posing" as a psychologist offering support to those affected by the fires in exchange for payment, local police told Sky News.Two men were arrested several days ago on suspicion of "stealing food and supplies" intended for those affected by the wildfires, the broadcaster reported. Officers have been standing outside evacuation centres and fire-ravaged areas to keep people safe and ensure restricted zones are protected.Although the regional prefecture said the wildfires remain "stabilised", with "several flare-ups" brought under control overnight, officials said weather conditions remain "unfavourable" today. Temperatures could climb to a scorching 42C in Bordeaux, national weather service Météo-France said.View PostToday11:09 BSTBritish family on holiday in France end up sleeping in tent after wildfire evacuationA British family have told how they were left sleeping on a beach and then in a tent in a garden after the wildfires in Gironde forced them to evacuate.Melissa Sood, 33, and her family were evacuated from the seaside town of Biscarrosse, around 40 miles south-west of Bordeaux.The GP practice manager had been on a trip to visit her grandmother alongside her husband Sunny, 42, a police officer, her daughter, 14, and her brother and sister.Melissa said she and her family were initially left stranded on the beach, sleeping on cardboard boxes, until a family friend reached out and said they could camp in their garden in Sanguinet, around seven miles away.She said: "The fire looked like a scene from a disaster movie, it was terrible. We started to hear explosions, from the gas canisters in people's barbecues, it was really eerie. My daughter was really scared."Our house was evacuated; we had to pull some cardboard boxes out of a recycling bin and use them to try and sleep on the grass. There's no hotels anywhere, we've been sleeping in a tent in a kind French person's garden since Friday, we've had no sleep at all."A kind person offered to put the family up but their only option was a tent in the garden(Image: Melissa Sood / SWNS)Today11:02 BSTWhat you need to know about the wildfires in south-west FranceMore than 220,000 people have been evacuated from their homes and tourist accomodation across the Gironde region in south-west France over the past week.The main blaze began last Wednesday in a pine forest near the village of Saumos, about 25 miles west of Bordeaux.Officials said this morning that the fire remained stable overnight, with any flare-ups quickly extinguished. Fears that blazes on the outskirts of the Bordeaux metropolitan area could advance towards the city have eased.French authorities yesterday ordered the evacuation of 4,000 more people from tourist sites in Lacanau, about 40 miles from Bordeaux.But a fresh heatwave that began yesterday has threatened firefighters' hold on the wildfire.The heatwave is expected to reach its peak today, with the south-west set to bear the brunt. National weather service Météo-France forecasts temperatures of up to 42C in Bordeaux.A new blaze broke out yesterday near Grand Crohot, a popular Atlantic beach on the Cap Ferret peninsula, local authorities said. A fleet of 23 planes and helicopters - up from 18 - dropped water and fire retardant as crews fought to keep the new blaze from spreading."The situation remains complicated. That’s clear. We’re not out of the woods," Gironde prefect Sophie Brocas said yesterday.Brocas said that about 60,000 residents who were evacuated as a precaution from Le Haillan and parts of Mérignac and Eysines outside Bordeaux’s ring road could return.A resident of Bordeaux wears a protective face mask as wildfire smoke fills the area on July 28(Image: Getty Images)Today10:50 BSTFire risk 'high' for all regions in France today as 42C forecast for BordeauxNational weather service Météo-France has warned that all regions in France face a "high fire risk" today, which it said would be the hottest and driest day of the week.In its latest forecast, the weather service said temperatures could reach 42C in parts of the Gironde and Landes regions.Eric Brocardi, spokesperson for France’s national firefighters' federation, told broadcaster BFM yesterday that crews are "at a point of fragility". "We will continue attacking this fire despite the forecast rise in temperatures," he said.Firefighters in France are battling multiple wildfires(Image: incendieencours.fr)‌