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LEGE-CAP FERRET, France (AP) \u2014 Firefighters kept a vast wildfire<\/span> in southwest France from advancing overnight Tuesday, extinguishing flare-ups<\/span> near Atlantic coast dunes before returning heat and drier air threatened to test their hold on the blaze.<\/p>\n

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The fire remained stabilized at 6 a.m. after a calm night and the burned area was unchanged at 420 square kilometers (162 square miles), the Gironde prefecture said.<\/p>\n

Several flare-ups were detected overnight north of Le Porge and in dune land north of Cap Ferret but were brought under control by firefighters, authorities said. <\/p>\n

The areas lie along the Atlantic coast west of Bordeaux, where crews have battled the blaze since it erupted near Saumos last week.<\/p>\n

The blaze, raging since last week, has been wildly unpredictable, transforming at times into a self-feeding fire storm<\/span> as it burned through an area four times the size of Paris and forced 220,000 people to flee their homes.<\/p>\n

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Although its advance has been halted, officials have repeatedly cautioned that smoldering vegetation and falling humidity could trigger fresh outbreaks.<\/p>\n

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Firefighters and military engineers resumed work early Tuesday on tactical firebreaks designed to prevent the flames from spreading. Authorities said 103 kilometers (64 miles) of barriers had been created.<\/p>\n

Ninety-three firefighters have been injured during the operation, the prefecture said.<\/p>\n

A section of the A63 highway remained closed, while rail traffic south of Bordeaux was suspended except on the route toward Toulouse.<\/p>\n

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The cautious progress in Gironde came as thousands of people began returning home after a separate wildfire in the neighboring Landes region displaced more than 30,000 residents and vacationers.<\/p>\n

French President Emmanuel Macron<\/span> said Monday evening that the Landes fire had been contained. <\/p>\n

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