A new fire broke out in Gironde on Monday evening.
More than 160 hectares of forest have already been destroyed by fire, indicate the prefecture and the department.
The fire started in the afternoon in the town of Saumos, near Lacanau.
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The Gironde prefecture indicates that 200 firefighters are mobilized, as well as two Canadair, a Dash and two water bomber helicopters.
The inhabitants of the municipality of Saumos were also evacuated as a precaution.
The departmental council adds that it had to close departmental road 5 to traffic. A diversion has been set up by the RD 5E3 and RD6, to reach Lacanau and Sainte-HĂ©lĂšne.
The closure could last all night.
The Gironde, affected by major fires this summer (nearly 30,000 hectares burned), experienced very high temperatures on Tuesday, with in particular a monthly record recorded in Bordeaux (37.5 degrees), unheard of since 1987.
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