Flames rise as light from the setting sun is filtered through smoke during a forest wildfire, near Gonfaron, southern France, this week. Thousands of people, including tourists in campsites, have escaped as the wildfire raged near the plush resort of Saint-Tropez.
French President Emmanuel Macron visits the fire and rescue headquarters in Le Luc, near Saint-Tropez.
People rest in a gym in Bormes-les-Mimosas after their campsite was evacuated with the flames closing in.
A firefighting plane drops fire retardant on to a smoking forest in the hillside near Grimaud.
French firefighters take a rest while attempting to douse forest wildfires around Cannet des Maures.
A firefighter tackles flames near Toulon. Hundreds of firefighters battled a wildfire raging through forests inland from the French Riviera.
An aircraft flies off after being filled with water to help with efforts in extinguishing a major fire that broke out in the Var region, at the Gulf of Saint-Tropez.
France is the latest Mediterranean country to be ravaged by wildfire, after devastating blazes swept through parts of Algeria, Turkey, Greece and Italy, among others.
An aerial view of smoke rising from the wildfires in southern France.
A French firefighter attempts to extinguish flames that have reduced forest to scrubland.
About 750 firefighters and water-dropping aircraft were battling the blaze in difficult conditions, with high temperatures and strong winds sweeping the Var region.
A wildfire burning near Toulon.
Flames rise as light from the setting sun is filtered through smoke during a forest wildfire, near Gonfaron, southern France, this week. Thousands of people, including tourists in campsites, have escaped as the wildfire raged near the plush resort of Saint-Tropez.
French President Emmanuel Macron visits the fire and rescue headquarters in Le Luc, near Saint-Tropez.
People rest in a gym in Bormes-les-Mimosas after their campsite was evacuated with the flames closing in.
A firefighting plane drops fire retardant on to a smoking forest in the hillside near Grimaud.
French firefighters take a rest while attempting to douse forest wildfires around Cannet des Maures.
A firefighter tackles flames near Toulon. Hundreds of firefighters battled a wildfire raging through forests inland from the French Riviera.
An aircraft flies off after being filled with water to help with efforts in extinguishing a major fire that broke out in the Var region, at the Gulf of Saint-Tropez.
France is the latest Mediterranean country to be ravaged by wildfire, after devastating blazes swept through parts of Algeria, Turkey, Greece and Italy, among others.
An aerial view of smoke rising from the wildfires in southern France.
A French firefighter attempts to extinguish flames that have reduced forest to scrubland.
About 750 firefighters and water-dropping aircraft were battling the blaze in difficult conditions, with high temperatures and strong winds sweeping the Var region.
