Fanned by the mistral and extreme heat, the blaze swept through 1,000 hectares in six hours; 2,500 people were evacuated near the Gros Bessillon massif and the village of Correns is now completely cut off.

Flames have forced the evacuation of thousands of tourists from the Atlantic Coast to the north-west of Bordeaux with between 500 and 1,000 firefighters deployed in the Gironde…

Les flammes, attisées par un fort mistral, ont repris vers 13 h 30 au sud de l’incendie du massif du Gros Bessillon, qui avait été fixé mardi. En Gironde, « la crise n’est pas…