Active Blaze in Var Continues Burning While Drought Forces Shutdown of Three Nuclear Reactors. On Monday, Meteo-France informed that 36 French departments are at high risk of wildfires because of a new peak in the heat wave that has swept across the country since last Tuesday, compounded by a storm front that arrived from the Atlantic and is moving northeast. The department, whose capital is the port city of Toulon, is home to France’s main active wildfire, in the Gros Bessillon massif. France’s 2026 Wildfires Leave Trail of Destruction#France faces a catastrophic wildfire season with 115,000 hectares burned nationwide and 320,000 people displaced across #France and #Spain. France has 57 nuclear reactors in operation that generate about 70% of the country’s electricity.