Wildfires continue to burn across France and Spain

Experts say fire-ravaged forests must be replanted and managed differently to avoid future blazes

Vast swathes of fire-ravaged pine forest must be replanted and managed differently to avoid future blazes fuelled by global heating, French experts have said, as wildfires - several caused by arson - continued to burn across France and Spain.

Officials in the south-west Gironde departement said on Monday that two huge fires - one at La Teste-de-Buch that destroyed 7,000 hectares (17,300 acres) of forest, and another at Landiras that ravaged 13,800 hectares - were both under control, although still burning.