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The two gigantic fires that have been raging since 12 July in Gironde (south-west France) have burnt more than 19,000 hectares of forest and forced the evacuation of 34,000 people, according to the sub-prefect of Arcachon, Ronan Léaustic. SOUNDBITE
A fire burns overnight through a forest in the Maures massif in the Var region of France. Fanned by strong winds, it has already burned 600 hectares, the first major blaze in southern France this year despite the deployment of hundreds of firefighters. IMAGES
Cars lie burned out on the ground after fires near Verin town in Galicia's Orense Province left 600 hectares burned and several private properties damaged. Since the start of the year Spain has experienced 354 wildfires which have ravaged nearly 230,000 hectares, more than in any other nation in Europe, according to the European Union's satellite monitoring service EFFIS. IMAGES
In Landiras, the fires are not over but are no longer progressing. Aerials of the areas devastated by the flames and the fires that persist. IMAGES
Aerial images of the burnt areas in Gironde, where two fires have destroyed 20,800 hectares of forest over the past 10 days and led to the evacuation of over 36,000 people. IMAGES
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