Various countries in Europe are affected by the heat wave, with forest fires in France and Spain forcing thousands of people to leave their homes.
According to a foreign news agency, 12,200 people were evacuated from the Gironde region of France this morning.
Government officials said that 1,000 firefighters tried to control the fire.
In recent weeks, thousands of acres of forest have burned in France, Portugal and Spain.
The authorities of European countries have issued a heat wave alert, after the increase in the intensity of heat, forest fires are occurring.
The temperature in Spain today was 45.7 degrees, while firefighters were busy putting out the blaze.
According to Portugal's Ministry of Health, 238 people died from heat waves between July 7 and 13.
