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by: THOMAS ADAMSON, MARK CARLSON and EMMA DA SILVA, Associated Press Posted: Jul 29, 2026 / 09:17 AM CDT Updated: Jul 29, 2026 / 09:20 AM CDT LEGE-CAP FERRET, France (AP) — Firefighters in southwest France battled an uncontained wildfire four times the size of Paris on Wednesday as temperatures were forecast to hit 40 C (104 F), threatening to turn a calm night into only a brief reprieve. Authorities in the Gironde region said the blaze had not spread overnight, but rising heat and afternoon winds could revive smoldering hot spots, carry embers across firebreaks and open new fronts beyond crews’ reach. The fire’s apparent origin underscored how little it took to ignite the parched landscape: Investigators believe routine brush-clearing work near a high-voltage line may have sparked the inferno, even though the work appeared to comply with regulations then in force.
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Gironde authorities ordered 4,000 more people out of tourist sites along the Atlantic coast on Tuesday, widening what may be France’s largest peacetime evacuation. “The situation remains complicated.
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by: THOMAS ADAMSON, MARK CARLSON and EMMA DA SILVA, Associated Press Posted: Jul 29, 2026 / 09:17 AM CDT Updated: Jul 29, 2026 / 09:20 AM CDT LEGE-CAP FERRET, France (AP) — Firefighters in southwest France battled an uncontained wildfire four times the size of Paris on Wednesday as temperatures were forecast to hit 40 C (104 F), threatening to turn a calm night into only a brief reprieve. Authorities in the Gironde region said the blaze had not spread overnight, but rising heat and afternoon winds could revive smoldering hot spots, carry embers across firebreaks and open new fronts beyond crews’ reach. The fire’s apparent origin underscored how little it took to ignite the parched landscape: Investigators believe routine brush-clearing work near a high-voltage line may have sparked the inferno, even though the work appeared to comply with regulations then in force.
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