The Gironde megafire remained the dominant story, but the day's editorial shift was toward a national wildfire crisis. Morning reports described the fire as 'stabilized' yet threatened by a new heatwave, with 23 departments on orange alert. By afternoon, new blazes erupted in Brignoles (Var) and later in Fontainebleau, forcing evacuations and drawing significant resources. The death of DJ Kavinsky briefly interrupted the fire coverage mid-morning, with tributes from Macron, but the flames quickly reclaimed the front pages. Evening headlines noted the Gironde fire 'did not progress' despite seven flare-ups, while new fires in Landes and Côte-d'Or underscored the spreading emergency. Other stories—US-Saudi strikes in Iraq, a Frenchman sentenced in Azerbaijan, and FIFA's privatization controversy—appeared only in the margins.