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While rainfall on Sunday brought desperately needed relief to firefighters in the Gironde department near Bordeaux, wildfires elsewhere continue to burn though hundreds of hectares of French forests. Sunday marked the end of an intense heatwave that began on Wednesday, with storms forecast in 10 departments.

Two huge fires, which destroyed 21,000 hectares of forest south of the French city of Bordeaux, have been brought under control after 12 days of relentless struggle by an army of firefighters. Local residents forced to flee the flames have been told they can return home.

French President Emmanuel Macron visited firefighters battling twin blazes near Bordeaux as Europe counted the cost of a record heatwave, and climate change protesters pointed to the sizzling weather as a wake up call for the continent.

French President Emmanuel Macron visited firefighters battling twin blazes near Bordeaux on Wednesday as Europe counted the cost of a record heatwave and climate change protesters pointed to the sizzling weather as a wake up call for the continent.

French investigators probing the suspected deliberate lighting of what has become a raging wildfire in the country’s southwest have detained a man for questioning

In just one week, two fires have destroyed nearly 20,000 hectares in the south-west of France, forcing thousands of people to evacuate, making it the worst season in the past thirty years.

The 19-year-old scored six times in Ligue 1 last season and followed that up with an outstanding month with the French under-20 side

Bill Anderson hailed emergency services for their speedy responses and reactions to the huge blazes engulfing parts of the continent