A large wildfire in southern France has led Tour de France organizers to ban fans from attending the finale of the third stage.

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By Lucien Libert and Lauren Bacquie PARIS, June 30 (Reuters) - Undertaker Zouhaier Hertelli is receiving panicked calls from families, retirement homes, and even the police desperately trying to find space in refrigerated mortuary storage for people who died during the heatwave that has been gripping France.

Firefighters are fighting wildfires across southern France and other parts of Europe, and authorities are warning that this year’s fire season has started a month earlier than usual after early

Excess heat and wildfires are affecting the Tour de France cycle race. The third stage of the race on July 7 will go near an area where wildfires have broken out in France's southwest. Local authorities and race organisers as a result have asked people not to go to the race route to cheer riders on.

By Leigh Thomas PARIS, June 30 (Reuters) - France's already heavy debt burden is at risk of rising steadily higher unless the government delivers deeper spending cuts and restarts stalled pension reforms,