French firefighters engines parked on front of a wildfire near Fraissé-des-Corbières, southwestern France, on August 6, 2025. LIONEL BONAVENTURE / AFP
French firefighters on Wednesday, August 6 battled to halt the spread of a wildfire in the south of the country that has left one person dead, as emergency workers in Spain fought a fire that has forced the evacuation of more than 1,500 people from a resort.
With Europe facing fresh August heatwaves as concerns grow over the impact of global warming, many areas are on alert for the risk of wildfires. Winds were hampering efforts to put out a wildfire raging Wednesday near the Spanish Mediterranean tourist town of Tarifa that prompted evacuations, the regional government said.
Meanwhile the French blaze, which started on Tuesday, has destroyed or damaged 25 homes in the southern Aude department, where some 2,000 firefighters are struggling to control the largest wildfire in France this summer. It has killed one person and injured 13 others, two of them seriously.
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