Severe wildfires in the French Gironde region have destroyed 34,000 hectares of land and forced the evacuation of more than 160,000 people from locations west and south of Bordeaux.
Rows of pine trees have been consumed by the inferno, which local reports describe as acting like matches in a sea of fire.
Because the fires are not yet under control, firefighters are primarily focusing their efforts on defending local villages and residential properties rather than extinguishing the entire blaze.
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