French President Emmanuel Macron convened a crisis meeting with his ministers on Monday (July 27) as huge wildfires threatened the French city of Bordeaux.

About 220,000 people have been evacuated in France, while in neighbouring Spain more than 75,000 people have been evacuated and a further 30,000 ordered to shelter in place, authorities said over the weekend, as Europe faces an intense summer heatwave.

The blazes, which broke out last week near the Atlantic coast, are now 15 km (10 miles) away from entry points to the main metropolitan area of Bordeaux.

A major risk is that temperatures in Bordeaux are set to rise to 37 degrees Celsius (98.6 degrees Fahrenheit) later this week, according to forecasts from France's weather office.

DESCRIPCIÓN DE IMÁGENES

1. FRENCH PRESIDENT, EMMANUEL MACRON, ARRIVING FOR CRISIS MEETING ON WILDFIRES AT INTERIOR MINISTRY, SHAKING HANDS WITH MINISTERS

2. VARIOUS OF MACRON GREETING MINISTERS AND OFFICIALS

3. FRENCH PRIME MINISTER, SEBASTIEN LECORNU, GREETING INTERIOR MINISTRY OFFICIALS / MACRON WALKING TOWARDS SEAT AND SITTING DOWN / MEETING ATTENDEES SEATED

4. VARIOUS STILL PHOTOS OF WILDFIRE BURNING IN FOREST AND SMOKE

5. VARIOUS STILL PHOTO OF BULLDOZERS AND HEAVY MACHINERY TEARING DOWN TREES IN FOREST

6. STILL PHOTO OF WILDFIRE BURNING BEHIND TREE