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LEGE-CAP FERRET, France (AP) \u2014 Higher humidity, cooler temperatures and a forecast for rain raised hopes of relief Thursday for a parched portion of southwestern France engulfed by wildfires<\/span> that have charred an area four times the size of Paris in recent weeks.<\/p>\n

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With moisture moving in from the Atlantic coast, national weather service Meteo France forecast light rain in the town of Lege-Cap Ferret, on a peninsula that\u2019s been a leading edge of the devastated region.<\/p>\n

Local officials reported a \u201crather calm\u201d night, with a fire that has not grown beyond the 42,000 hectares (about 162 sq. miles) already affected. Fire crews remained at \u201ctotal mobilization\u201d with 2,200 firefighters and over 20 aircraft.<\/p>\n

Rain fell early Thursday in the city of Bordeaux to the east. But there were no early signs of enough rainfall in the hardest-hit areas that could douse the flames or dampen the sandy ground and brushy undergrowth of pine forests that have fueled the inferno. <\/p>\n

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Sophie Brocas, the prefect for the Gironde region, expressed some optimism that lower temperatures could help. <\/p>\n

\u201cIf that\u2019s confirmed, we could foresee a return to a more normal life for residents, but also for businesses that need to work,\u201d she told reporters late Wednesday.<\/p>\n

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Humidity reached 80% overnight but was expected to drop by midday, authorities said. Some rainfall was expected along the coast that \u201ccould reach the fire zone,\u201d Gironde officials said in a morning note. <\/p>\n

Temperatures that peaked around 40 Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) a day earlier were set to drop Thursday, topping out at 27 C (80 F) along the coast. An \u201corange\u201d heat wave alert \u2014 the second-highest level after \u201cred\u201d \u2014 was lifted shortly before dawn. <\/p>\n

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The fires in the Bordeaux<\/span> wine-growing, forested and tourism-heavy region are among the blazes that have swept across pockets of southern Europe in recent weeks, including Spain and Greece. <\/p>\n

On Wednesday, authorities said three firefighters had died on the Greek island on Crete, as the wildfire emergency stretched from the Atlantic coast to the eastern Mediterranean. <\/p>\n

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At the peak of the evacuations, a third of a million people were driven from homes and vacation sites in France and Spain.<\/p>\n

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