Fire crews continue efforts to subdue wildfire near French Riviera

An helicopter drops water on a wildfire near Le Luc, southern France (Daniel Cole/PA)

Fires are continuing to burn near the French Riviera with new pockets of flames foiling the best efforts of crews to douse them.

Despite calmer winds and cooler weather, the fire that has forced thousands to flee and ravaged woodlands raged for a fourth day on Thursday, defying some 1,200 firefighters struggling to bring it under control.