Pakistan, July 28 -- French authorities on Tuesday ordered the evacuation of nearly 4,000 more people from tourist areas along the Atlantic coast as rising temperatures threatened to reignite a massive wildfire burning west of Bordeaux.

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The precautionary evacuation covered campsites, holiday villages, tourist residences and leisure parks around the popular resort of Lacanau, including Lacanau Ocean and both shores of Lacanau Lake, according to regional authorities.

Firefighters managed to hold the blaze in check overnight, with the burned area remaining at approximately 420 square kilometres. However, officials stressed that the fire has been stabilised rather than fully...