France wildfires under control after Bordeaux blaze

France's largest wildfire since 1949, which erupted in a pine forest near Bordeaux in the Gironde region, has been brought under control after scorching about 420 square kilometers (162 square miles) and forcing 224,000 people to evacuate. The fire, which destroyed around 240 homes, was declared 'fixed' by authorities, meaning it is contained within its perimeter but not extinguished. A separate blaze in the Var department in southeastern France, which tore through about 18 square kilometers in little over a day, was stabilized but not yet contained. About 3,000 firefighters remained deployed across the two fronts, with reinforcements from Ukraine, Lithuania, and France — French Polynesia expected. Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu said the fires were generally under control but cautioned that conditions remained changeable. Scientists at World Weather Attribution calculated that human-caused climate change doubled the chances of extreme fire conditions. The European Union's European Union — Copernicus Climate Change Service noted that Europe is the world's fastest-warming continent. More than 1,170 square kilometers have burned across France since the beginning of the year, the largest total in over 20 years according to the International — European Forest Fire Information System. Lecornu announced the appointment of a national coordinator to oversee reconstruction in fire-hit areas.