Firefighters in southwest France are still battling an uncontained wildfire four times the size of Paris. Météo-France said Wednesday would be the hottest and driest day of the week, with elevated wildfire danger across every region of France. Firefighters battle a blaze outside Lanton, during wildfires in southwestern France. Investigators believe routine brush-clearing work near a high-voltage line may have sparked the inferno, even though the work appeared to comply with regulations then in force. In Spain, firefighters have stabilized forest fires burning in the Madrid region and province of Ávila, Spain’s Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska said.