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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
Boats come and go at the beach in the resort city of Marmaris, in Turkey, as people are to be evacuated from the wildfires. The European Union sent help to Turkey and volunteers joined firefighters in battling a week of violent blazes that have killed eight people and put pressure on President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. IMAGES
Australian Navy helicopter helps evacuate people trapped by the bush fires in Australia. IMAGES
Around 700 people have been evacuated after wildfires raged in the Italian province of Pisa.
Passersby saved the life on a nine-year-old child who jumped from a burning building in Tomsk on Thursday. The footage shows a boy jumping onto advertisement banner that was stretched out by a group of locals, who had organised themselves before firefighters could arrive. The boy was then delivered to a local hospital, suffering only from a slight concussion.