France has evacuated nearly 4,000 people from tourist campsites and holiday accommodation near Lacanau on the Atlantic coast as worsening heat and dry conditions threaten to reignite major wildfires. The blaze remains unstable despite being contained, while firefighters continue efforts to prevent fresh flare-ups.

Around 4,000 tourists have been evacuated from campsites and holiday villages in south west France, as firefighters continue to battle a huge wildfire.

British holidaymakers have described fleeing “horrific” French wildfires with flames towering several stories high as they drove down the only escape route from a popular tourist…