Customers buy oysters as the access to the city is once again permitted, in Andernos-les-Bains, southwestern France on August 1, 2026. The Gironde Prefecture authorized thousands of people who had been evacuated due to the threat of the massive wildfirewhich is now "contained"to return to four additional towns in the Arcachon Basin: Biganos, Audenge (except for two neighborhoods that are "too close" to the still-active fire), Andernos-les-Bains, and Lanton, as well as to the campsites in Lacanau. (Photo by ROMAIN PERROCHEAU / AFP via Getty Images)