are the most dangerous. this road, which leads up to the evacuated village of cazaux, is closed off, and what they re really trying to do here is stop the fire from spreading from this side of the road to this side of the road, but the winds have just picked up a little and we ve been told we ve got to leave. wind and heat also made things worse at another blaze inland. authorities said tonight the situation was deteriorating. this family, from germany, has been sleeping outside, their caravan left at the camp site they had to flee. translation: it s completely overwhelming. you see these kinds of things on tv, but i never expected to get caught up in something like this myself. it s hard work in the heat to keep blazes at bay that have already burned through over 100 square kilometres of forest across gironde.
the road there heads up to the village of cazaux which has been evacuated and residents are hanging around this area and at an evacuation centre nearby as well, hoping to get the chance to dash back into the village under escort in order to feed their animals that they left behind, for example. we ve talked to people who want to get back and see that their cat is ok. but the situation, firefighters tell us, is pretty changeable at the moment. i mean, you can t see any smoke here right now. but yesterday, for example, when we were near the evacuation centre, one moment, the skies were clear, the next, there were large plumes of smoke coming out in the distance. this morning, we ve seen two canadair water bombers going across the sky, heading in towards the direction of the village. and this area is very popular with holiday makers. and something that s happened is lots of campsites have had to be evacuated. so some people have been camping out in other areas after having
towards her village of cazaux. this road leads straight there. we go in with the fire service. it s a restricted zone. smoke hangs like mist in the woods, an ever shifting and growing adversary. translation: we see a big difference with climate change. we can see that the soil has become drier and drier. for us, the wildfires are the most dangerous. this road, which leads up to the evacuated village of cazaux, is closed off, and what they re really trying to do here is stop the fire from spreading from this side of the road to this side of the road, but the winds have just picked up a little and we ve been told we ve got to leave. wind and heat also made things worse at another blaze inland. authorities said tonight
temperatures, as you can currently feel. with the hot weather set to continue, southern europe remains on high alert. bethany bell, bbc news, malaga. lets get more on the situation in southern france from our europe correspondentjessica parker. she s near the evacuated village of cazaux. the road there heads up to the village of cazaux which has been evacuated and residents are hanging around this area and at an evacuation centre nearby as well, hoping to get the chance to dash back into the village under escort in order to feed their animals that they left behind, for example. we ve talked to people who want to get back and see that their cat is ok. but the situation, firefighters tell us, is pretty changeable at the moment. i mean, you can t see any smoke here right now. but yesterday, for example, when we were near the evacuation centre, one moment, the skies were clear,
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