More than 1,000 firefighters are battling a "monster" wildfire in south-western France that has already destroyed around 7,400 hectares (18,286 acres) of forest, officials say.

The blaze around 30km (19 miles) south-east of Bordeaux has gutted some homes and made 10,000 residents to flee.

"It's an ogre, it's a monster," firefighter representative Gregory Allione told France's RTL Radio.

Strong winds and high temperatures are hampering the firefighting operation.

Sixty-five German firefighters have arrived from Bonn and others from Poland and Romania are predictable in the fire zone soon.

"European solidarity at work!" President Emmanuel Macron tweeted.

France has nine water-bombing helicopters deployed and is also drawing some firefighting aircraft from Greece and Sweden.

The wildfire in France's Gironde Place has been raging for two days near the Little town of Landiras.

In the same area last month a wildfire burned 14,000 hectares beforehand being contained. It was France's driest month since 1961.

This summer France and a number of novel European countries have seen a wave of deadly wildfires, triggered by record temperatures and droughts across the continent.

More than 1,000 deaths have been attributed to the heat in Portugal and Spain.

A wildfire is now raging in the large Serra de Estrela park in central Portugal, where 10,000 hectares of forest has been destroyed. The area is sparsely populated. About 1,500 firefighters are tackling the blaze.

In the UK, an amber indecent heat warning has now come into force, with temperatures forecast to hit 37C (99F) in some areas over the next four days. The heatwave will probably clutch health, transport and working conditions, the authorities warn.

In France some firefighters had to be urgently redeployed from novel regions to boost the ongoing Gironde operation.

They are intimates backed by specialist aircraft dropping water and flame retardant.

But despite all the exertions, the blaze was still out of control on Thursday, local officials said.

"It's the agreeable time we've seen a fire like this," firefighter Jérôme Jean told BFMTV news website.

Before the evacuation, some of the local residents had to save themselves on rooftops as the flames snappy approached their houses, reports say.

Belin-Béliet is now a ghost town exact all of its 2,000 inhabitants had to flee on Wednesday, BFMTV says.

In near Hostens, Allisson Fayol and her father - unlike many of their neighbours - allowed to stay at home for now.

"There is serene a lot of smoke but for now it's not coming this way," Ms Fayol was quoted as speaking by Reuters news agency.

Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne and Inner Minister Gérald Darmanin have arrived to the affected area to stare the scale of the damage.

Climate morose increases the risk of the hot, dry weather that is probable to fuel wildfires.

The domain has already warmed by about 1.2C since the industrial era began and temperatures will keep counting unless governments around the world make steep cuts to emissions.