{O/C} Firefighters in Spain and France remain unbowed to the tenacious wildfires gripping Europe.
This as one of the two major conflagrations spiralling out of control menaced two popular beaches endowed with tourists along Bordeaux's coast.
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Intractable wildfires are sucking the life out of Europe, but these firefighters' mettle is never dented.
Residents here in Spain watched on as firefighters took on the billows of smoke and intense heat just in order to stop the wildfires in their tracks.
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This resident lamented the blazes had transformed his verdant valley into a semi-arid landscape.
In Catalonia, many were displaced as the flames made a daring attempt on their lives.
In hard-to-reach areas, the menacing flames were attacked from above with fire retardant.
Firefighters are presently backed by Spanish military brigades to forestall a complete wipeout of the forests.
But rugged terrain is posing a punishing impediment.
Many areas across Spain have endured temperatures over 43 degrees celsius.
The heat doesn't discriminate. 27 of the country's deaths over the past six days have been chalked up to unbearable temperatures.
This was cause for the thousands who thronged Madrid's streets to boisterously soak up the annual water fight.
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Blazes also made waves in France. That's where some 1,200 firefighters on the frontlines have witnessed singed trees.
Over 27,000 acres of land have been flattened in the Gironde region.
More than 14,000 have been evacuated as firefighters vanquished a flank of a second fire near the town of Landiras.
Black smoke barrelling towards the Atlantic brought everything to a head.
The La Lagune and Petit Nice beaches that flames threatened to smother were closed, as was Europe's tallest sand dune, the Dune du Pilat.
The blustery weather is aggravating the flare-ups.
Italian authorities are battening down the hatches amid the whipping threat of the unconquerable heat.
As are British health authorities, which entreated residents to stay cool, encircled by the first-ever "red warning" of extreme heat for the coming days.
So, southern England residents took heed, luxuriating in the sea to flee the ferocious heat.
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