"The mayor of Le Barp, south-west of Bordeaux, Blandine Sarrazin, warned that the situation was "getting harder", after two fires had broken out the day before, and said everyone had to be "hyper-vigilant".
Flare-ups were also reported not far from Lanton on the eastern shore of the Bay of Arcachon.
Gironde and the Landes are among 16 departments or districts are under orange heatwave alert.
The fire service has had to deploy special measures in Gironde to protect a number of sites linked to France's defence and aerospace industries."
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