Around 800 firefighters were still at work in Fontainebleau forest on Wednesday morning, tackling flare-ups after the fires were brought under control the previous day, following 48 hours of intense firefighting.
"Three moderate flare-ups" had been identified in the Grand Parquet area, near the town of Fontainebleau, Paul-Edouard Laurain, spokesman for the Seine-et-Marne fire and rescue service (Sdis), told French press agency AFP.