Ben McPartland

Yeah, good morning.

Yeah, it's been extreme.

It's been really hard to handle, you know, we're honest.

And the night times have been particularly difficult with temperatures over 30.

And the teachers have told the kids not to come into school.

We've got kids.

So I looked at the map and I saw the temperature was about five degrees cooler at night time, only 27, about an hour from Paris where my in-laws live.

So we got in the car at 10 o'clock last night and just kind of fled.

In a way, to escape the worst of it, we couldn't bear the thought of another night at 33 degrees Celsius, you know, in Paris.

It's not, no.

You know, the old apartments with zinc roofs, you know, they just transmit the heat.

It's been hotter inside than outside.

You know, even the high-rise buildings, you know, the sun is blazing.

You know, I'm one of many, I see, who've put foil on the outside of their windows just to try and keep the sun out.

You know, a lot of the buildings, they've got no shutters and you walk around the street and you'll see people with fans and, you know...

People are desperately trying to buy those mobile air conditioning units.

They've all sold out.

People have put foil against the windows, you know, emergency blankets, emergency foil blankets, anything to try and keep the sun out during the day to stop those apartments heating up.

Yeah, this took us by surprise yesterday evening when it was announced by the Prefecture of Police.

They've announced...