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Extreme heat and wildfires are common across the globe. Europe is record-breaking temperatures and heatwaves. Many deadly wildfires are currently out of control across France and Spain. The biggest and most serious of these is close to the southern French city of Bordeaux. The enormous fire just 8 km from the city's outer limits. More than 2,500 firefighters are to keep the fires under control. On Monday, 17,000 residents were from the city. There are fears that tens of thousands more might have to . The "France 24" news site said the city an "unsettling resemblance to the darkest days of the Covid-19 pandemic" with people masks.

France's National Firefighters Federation said the kind of wildfire outside of Bordeaux has never been in France before. A spokesperson said the intense heat has "fire clouds". NASA these the "fire-breathing dragon of clouds". They their own winds, which means the fires suddenly in different directions. The firefighters' spokesperson said the fires by the clouds were almost impossible to out. He said: "We don't know how the blaze will spread. It is non-stop. We cannot it directly." He said his firefighters were in "a David-versus-Goliath scenario". Bordeaux locals are now about the future of their city.