'It could have been tragic': Irish tourists flee wildfires in France

Images taken from a campsite in the Pyrénées-Orientales region in the south of France, with a number of Cork and Irish families caught up in evacuations as firefighters worked around the clock to quench wildfires engulfing the region.

Dozens of Irish families are among thousands of holidaymakers caught up in raging wildfires that have razed parts of France's famed Mediterranean coast.

Up to 3,000 holidaymakers were evacuated from campsites in recent days near Argelès-sur-Mer in the southeast of France near to the Spanish border.