PARIS — France is putting emergency services and military forces on wildfire alert, restricting public alcohol consumption and canceling some outdoor sports events to cope with a heat wave unfurling across parts of Europe.

About a third of France is under the national weather service’s heat red alert Sunday and temperatures are high nationwide, expected to reach 40 Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) on Sunday in some areas, in a country where air-conditioning isn’t widespread. The forecast for Monday is even hotter.

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