Former firefighter battles flames: 'We managed to save four houses'

Amid the wildfires, some residents are hunkering down with hoses to try and save their homes. Ludovic Pollet, a resident of Cap Ferret in France - an area near Bordeaux where tens of thousands have been evacuated - describes a desperate wait for firefighters last night. "We didn't see a single truck all night, except for one, but it arrived very late," Pollet tells Reuters, who is a former firefighter himself. "I really had to push hard to get it. With those four firemen, plus my