Holidaymakers caught up in French fires

Wednesday 26 July 2017 14:53, UK

Image: Tourists evacuate the beach as smoke fills the sky above a burning hillside in Bormes-les-Mimosas, in the Var department
Image: Wildfires have consumed swathes of forest in southeastern France during holiday season
Image: People watch at a forest fire near Seillons
Image: Firefighters try to extinguish a fire burning in Artigues
Image: Beach-goers look at a forest fire in La Croix-Valmer, near Saint-Tropez in the south of France
Image: A firefighter jumps off the trunk of an uprooted tree following a forest fire in Ramatuelle
Image: Ramatuelle
Image: A Canadair firefighting plane drops water on the forest fire in La Croix-Valmer
Image: France asked for Europe's help in fighting the wildfires. Here people walk along the beach in La Croix-Valmer as a fire rages nearby
Image: Tourists watch from Cavalaire-sur-Mer as smoke rises from the La Croix-Valmer fire
Image: The La Croix-Valmer fire
Image: Smoke fills the sky as a firefighting plane releases water to extinguish a wildfire near Seillons
Image: Seillons
Image: Seillons
Image: Wildfires also raged on the French Mediterranean island of Corsica
Image: Flames threatened homes in the northeastern town of Biguglia
Image: Around 1,800 hectares of forest and several vehicles were destroyed. Continue through for more images from Corsica

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