Paris: Several nighttime temperature records were set across France, while 80 departments remain under an orange heat alert as temperatures are forecast to reach 40C in some areas on Thursday.

According to Anadolu Agency, the records were broken in northwestern France, with a weather station in Savigny-en-V©ron, Indre-et-Loire, recording a high of 24.5C (76.1F). Additionally, Cholet in Maine-et-Loire and Loudun in Vienne each recorded 23.6C (74.5F).

Records were also set in Tours, Indre-et-Loire, and Pellevoisin, Indre, where temperatures reached 23.1C (73.6F) at both locations. In response to the rising temperatures, Meteo-France placed eighty departments under an orange heat wave alert for Thursday and Friday, with temperatures expected to reach 40C (104F) in some areas.

Furthermore, fifty departments are under an orange alert for a high risk of forest fire. On Wednesday, a fire near Rennes affected 200 hectares (494 acres) and led to the evacuation of nearly 100 people. The fire, which injured three firefighters, was brought under control early Thursday.

In the northern Pas-de-Calais department, another fire had burned 180 hectares (445 acres) and remained uncontained.