Airborne firefighters and hundreds of emergency crew battled on Wednesday to bring under control wildfires in southwestern France, which have already burnt around 1,500 hectares and prompted the evacuation of thousands of tourists. France, already hit by several wildfires over the last few weeks, is suffering - like the rest of Europe - from a second heatwave in as many months.
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