Thousands of homes at risk as apocalyptic fires tear through southwest France

Many of the fires are deep within the forest, where hundreds of firefighters try to contain the flames

But when we arrive, she's not budging.

"Non! Non, non, non," the 86-year-old repeatedly tells the officials trying to persuade her to come with them.She replies she's lived here all her life and isn't going anywhere.In the end, all they can do is take her details and tell her to block the doors with wet towels if she smells smoke."I think it's very dangerous because it means you have to ask for other people to come during the firefighting," says Marion Levasseur, from French Civil Protection.

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