Timeline of the Bordeaux fire

The fire’s rapid growth overwhelms the 500 firefighters and eight planes trying to hold it at bay

More than 10,000 people flee their homes as the fire engulfs Le Porge and reaches Lège-Cap-Ferret

Shifting winds blow smoke over Bordeaux and begin to push the fire towards the city of 1 million people

Huge smoke plumes create a pyrocumulonimbus cloud, a fire-generated thunderstorm that can spit lightning

By now, 220,000 people have been evacuated. Favourable winds stop the advance despite a flare-up on the eastern edge

The fire is contained at 42,000 hectares of burned land but volatile hotpots require constant attention

The rapid growth of the fire overwhelms the 500 firefighters and eight planes trying to hold it at bay

More than 10,000 people flee their homes as the fire engulfs Le Porge and reaches the commune of Lège-Cap-Ferret

Shifting winds blow smoke over Bordeaux and begin to push the fire towards the city of 1 million people

Huge smoke plumes create a pyrocumulonimbus cloud, a fire-generated thunderstorm that can spit lightning

By now, 220,000 people have been evacuated. Favourable winds stop the advance despite a flare-up on the eastern edge

The fire is contained at 42,000 hectares of burned land but volatile hotpots require constant attention

The rapid growth of the fire overwhelms the 500 firefighters and eight planes trying to hold it at bay

More than 10,000 people flee their homes as the fire engulfs Le Porge and reaches Lège-Cap-Ferret

Shifting winds blow smoke over Bordeaux and begin to push the fire towards the city of 1 million people

Huge smoke plumes create a pyrocumulonimbus cloud, a fire-generated thunderstorm that can spit lightning

By now, 220,000 people have been evacuated. Favourable winds stop the advance despite a flare-up on the eastern edge

The fire is contained at 42,000 hectares of burned land but volatile hotpots require constant attention

The rapid growth of the fire overwhelms the 500 firefighters and eight planes trying to hold it at bay

More than 10,000 people flee their homes as the fire engulfs Le Porge and reaches the commune of Lège-Cap-Ferret

Shifting winds blow smoke over Bordeaux and begin to push the fire towards the city of 1 million people

Huge smoke plumes create a pyrocumulonimbus cloud, a fire-generated thunderstorm that can spit lightning

By now, 220,000 people have been evacuated. Favourable winds stop the advance despite a flare-up on the eastern edge

The fire is contained at 42,000 hectares of burned land but volatile hotpots require constant attention

The rapid growth of the fire overwhelms the 500 firefighters and eight planes trying to hold it at bay

More than 10,000 people flee their homes as the fire engulfs Le Porge and reaches the commune of Lège-Cap-Ferret

Huge smoke plumes create a pyrocumulonimbus cloud, a fire-generated thunderstorm that can spit lightning

Shifting winds blow smoke over Bordeaux and begin to push the fire towards the city of 1 million people

By now, 220,000 people have been evacuated. Favourable winds stop the advance despite a flare-up on the eastern edge

The fire is contained at 42,000 hectares of burned land but volatile hotpots require constant attention