- French authorities ordered the evacuation of an additional 4,000 people from Atlantic coast tourist sites, expanding what could be France's largest peacetime evacuation due to a vast wildfire west of Bordeaux.
- Fresh flames erupted near Grand Crohot beach on the Lège-Cap-Ferret peninsula, with a fleet of 23 planes and helicopters deployed to combat the renewed blaze.
- Gironde prefect Sophie Brocas stated the situation remains 'complicated', although approximately 60,000 residents previously evacuated from areas near Bordeaux were permitted to return.
- The Gironde and Landes regions are currently under a yellow heatwave warning, with the new heatwave forecast to last until at least Sunday.
- President Emmanuel Macron described the situation as France's most challenging since the Second World War, as over 360,000 people across France and Spain have been displaced; Spain's interior minister, Fernando Grande-Marlaska, highlighted this as an "absolutely crucial" period, as the heatwave is projected to persist until at least Sunday, hindering firefighting efforts with high temperatures and gusty winds.
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