Around 15 homes have been evacuated in the nearby village of Vaudoue as huge fire rages in Fontainebleau.
A firefighting aircraft battled the wildfire for a second day today as some residents were forced to leave their homes.
The fire erupted during the late afternoon yesterday in the Fontainebleau forest which is located 60 kilometres from the capital.
The forest fire disrupted rail and highway traffic over the busy weekend as the flames spread across 800 hectares.
Speaking about the fire, Didier Buguine, a deputy mayor in Le Vaudoue said that in three decades he has "never seen this before."
"We're going to weep for our forest," he said.
Officials told RTE that the fire had raced across 800 hectares and was still spreading this morning. The firefighting aircraft was forced to suspend operartions over night.
This marks France's third heatwave in less than three months. Fires have been raging in several parts of the country particularly over the past week.
France has recorded more than 2,000 deaths during the June heatwave and a total of 300 deaths during the heatwave in May.
Since the start of this year, France has seen 25,000 hectares of its land scorched by wildfires, according to a report in RTE.
Scientists have connected the extreme weather to man-made climate change. A recent study revealed that more than 2,700 people have died in England and Wales during the heatwaves in May and June.
Due to the rising temperatures, experts are issuing warnings of the dangerous impact of climate change.
Dr Clair Barnes, Research Associate in Extreme Weather and Climate Change, Imperial College London said, "every time we have a heatwave, our news is filled with reporters at swimming pools, images of people eating ice cream and sunbathers on beaches. We all love the sun, but people need to be aware that we are now seeing dangerous climate-change fuelled heat that is claiming lives, disrupting schools and hospitals and shutting down transport and infrastructure."
“It’s time we woke up to the fact that we now live in a country with dangerously hot summers. To protect people during future extremes, we must urgently adapt to the reality of the climate we now have, and double down on global efforts to reach net zero emissions to stop this from getting worse," she continued.
