Temperatures that peaked about 40C on Wednesday are set to drop to under 30C along the coast. (AP PHOTO)Temperatures that peaked about 40C on Wednesday are set to drop to under 30C along the coast. Some rain was expected along the coast that "could reach the fire zone", Gironde officials said in a morning note. Temperatures that peaked about 40C a day earlier were set to drop Thursday, topping out at 27C along the coast. A day earlier, authorities in neighbouring Greece said three firefighters had died on the island on Crete, as the wildfire emergency stretched from the Atlantic coast to the eastern Mediterranean.