'Extreme vigilance' at vast western France fire August 12, 2022 at 12:13AM

A huge fire that has devastated swathes of southwestern France was largely contained, but firefighters face another "complicated" day, local authorities said on Friday. The 40-kilometre (25-mile) active fire front in the Gironde and Landes departments around Bordeaux "has not developed, but the weather conditions are pushing us towards extreme vigilance," deputy prefect Ronan Leaustic said.