Just under 12,000 people, most of them tourists, were evacuated on Thursday in southwest France as a wildfire ravaged a forest in Le Porge. The fire started midday on Wednesday, and hundreds of firefighters…

A fierce wildfire near Bordeaux in south-west France has led to the evacuation of a further 7,000 people on Thursday, bringing the total number of tourists and residents moved to…

Wildfires in southwest France have forced another 7,000 people to evacuate, the local authority said on Thursday, bringing the total to around 12,000.

Thousands of people were urged to evacuate on Thursday as forest fires continued to blaze through parts of Europe.

Fires are raging across several tourist destinations in Europe