SAINT-LAURENT-DE-LA-CABRERISSE, France: France’s biggest wildfire in years was spreading quickly Wednesday in a Mediterranean region near Spain after leaving one person dead and several injured, authorities said. The fire burned an area larger than Paris, and the military was called in to help. French Prime Minister François Bayrou deplored a “disaster on an unprecedented scale” in the region. Over 2,100 firefighters and several water bomber aircraft battled the blaze that broke out Tuesday afternoon in the village of Ribaute in the Aude region, a rural, wooded area that is home to wineries.

Wildfire in southern France's Aude region near Spanish border scorches 4,500 hectares, 1,250 firefighters deployed, 2 injured.

PARIS: A fast-moving wildfire in a Mediterranean region of France near the Spanish border has left one person dead, several others injured and was still spreading Wednesday after…

Una persona ha muerto y otra está desaparecida en el que es ya el peor incendio del año en Francia, que ha quemado más de 11.000 hectáreas.

The Aude department has seen an increase in the areas burnt in recent years due to low rainfall, and the current fire has so far led to one death and 9 people injured.

A fast-moving wildfire in southern France has scorched more than 11,000 hectares across 15 municipalities, killing one person, local officials said Wednesday.

El fuego avanza rápidamente en el sureste del país y arrasa más de 16.000 hectáreas, una superficie equivalente a la ciudad de París

Blaze burns through 13,000 hectares close to Spanish border, destroying homes and forcing residents to flee

The wildfire is the largest in France this year and has burned some 12,000 hectares of land and killed one.

The fast-moving wildfire in southern France that broke out on Tuesday burned through some 13,000 hectares of land - a swathe as large as Paris.

The French blaze, which started on Tuesday in the southern Aude department, is the largest wildfire in the country this summer. It has so far killed one person and injured 13…

The blaze has already swept through an area larger than Paris and burned down at least 25 houses, forcing residents and tourists to flee.

The rapidly-growing wildfire, currently burning through an area larger than Paris, in southern France that broke out on Tuesday burned through some 16,000 hectares

I vigili del fuoco impegnati a contenere le fiamme da tre gioni

SAINT-LAURENT-DE-LA-CABRERISSE, France: France’s biggest wildfire in years was spreading quickly Wednesday in a Mediterranean region near Spain after leaving one person dead and…

Prime Minister François Bayrou described the nearly 40,000 acre fire, which has killed one person, as a “catastrophe on an unprecedented scale.”

French prime minister laments ‘disaster on an unprecedented scale’

The huge wildfire has slowed overnight but firefighters are still working to contain it on Thursday.

One person is dead and 13 have been injured as the largest wildfire France has seen in decades continues to burn across the nation's southern Aude region.

Late Thursday, the region’s top government official said the fire was containedThe fire swept through 15 communes in the Corbières mountain region, destroying or damaging at least…

Blazes burned over 160 sq km and is considered the worst since 1949.