Hundreds of firefighters continued battling two wildfires in the Fontainebleau forest south of Paris on Tuesday after the blazes burned nearly 2,000 hectares (about 4,900 acres) and forced around 1,000 people to evacuate, local authorities said.
Although larger wildfires have been affecting southern France, the Fontainebleau blaze is unusual because of its proximity to the densely populated region surrounding the French capital.
Water-bombing aircraft repeatedly scooped water from the Seine River to fight the flames, marking the first time such planes have been deployed for firefighting operations in the Paris region, according to the regional fire chief.
Smoke covered the treetops and lingered across the area as emergency crews worked to bring the fires under control.
Authorities said no deaths or injuries had been reported.
Four days after a devastating wildfire swept through a remote expatriate community in southern Spain, judicial authorities said they had identified 10 of the 13 victims through biological samples.
Most of the victims were foreign nationals. They included five British citizens — among them a woman who later died in hospital — three Belgian nationals, one French woman and one Spanish citizen, according to a statement issued late Monday.
Ten people are still missing.
The Los Gallardos wildfire scorched about 70 square kilometres (27 square miles) of forest and farmland, covering an area larger than Manhattan.
Spain is facing extreme heat, and combined with strong winds and limited rainfall, conditions have allowed small wildfires to spread rapidly.
According to the European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service, Europe is the world's fastest-warming continent, with temperatures rising at twice the global average rate since the 1980s.
