The southern French department of Aude is still battling what officials have called the “largest fire of the summer,” with more than 16,000 hectares...

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.

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.

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

The southern French department of Aude is still battling what officials have called the “largest fire of the summer,” with more than 16,000 hectares...

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.

Firefighters and local authorities remained on high alert Friday after France’s largest wildfire in decades was contained in the south, as soaring...

On Friday, authorities reported that the fire in southern France, which scorched 17,000 hectares in two days, is still burning but has not spread since yesterday.