More than 50,000 hectares of forest have burned in several parts of France in the past three weeks. The disaster not only showed the effects of climate change, but also the weaknesses of prevention. The government is investigating and promises to solve the problem.
A Gironde firefighter is on duty near Bordeaux.
According to holidaymakers, there are occasional smells of smoke and ash on the beaches of Arcachon and Cap Ferret in the Gironde south of Bordeaux. From the top of the Dune du Pilat, the highest mountain in Europe, visitors are amazed by the huge and ugly stains that the forest fires have left in the pine forests.