A Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 MR aircraft drops fire retardant over a forest near Marcheprime, around 30km from Bordeaux, on Monday, as a wildfire rages through the forest in Gironde, southwestern France

The 220,000 people evacuated away from the massive wildfire in France's Gironde region will not be able to return home "until the fire has been brought under control", the local prefect said Sunday

Lower temperatures, weaker winds and higher air humidity levels helped firefighters to make progress

Burnt-out vehicles are seen in an industrial estate following a wildfire in Chapineria, 50 kilometers west of Madrid, Spain, on Monday

A large pine tree with its hollowed trunk still burning from the inside, is seen in a scorched forest following a wildfire near La Adrada, 95 kilometres west of Madrid. The wildfires ravaging areas around Spain's capital Madrid have included the largest forest fire in the country's recent history, Sara Aagesen, Minister for Ecological Transition, told journalists. The blazes have "affected" 77,000 hectares in the Madrid, Avila and Toledo regions, with the largest area around Avila, she said.