As a result of abnormal heat in France, forest fires regularly occur, which have already destroyed more than 27 thousand hectares of vegetation.. This was announced by the Minister for Environmental Transformation Christophe Bechou..

According to the BFMTV channel, the official said more than 300 fires in France over the past week, during which Europe has been suffering from high air temperatures..

The Gironde department suffered the most from the fire.. There, due to two large-scale fires, about 19,300 hectares of forest were destroyed.. Now firefighters continue to fight the elements and have achieved local success, not allowing the fire to go further in certain directions..

“We partially stopped the progress of two fires. I believe we had a normal day today compared to what we had yesterday. We have done a good job of protecting against fire,” said Prefect of the Gironde Fabien Buciot.

Currently, rescuers are organizing the evacuation of two more communes of the department. Previously, they evacuated residents of 14 settlements of the Gironde.

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Recall that not only France suffers from heat and fires.. Hundreds of people have died from the heat in Europe in a week.