OP-ED. As France's Corbières mountain range suffers devastation from an unusually large wildfire, it has become clear that firefighting alone is no longer sufficient to contain extreme blazes, explains Damien Ballereau, a doctoral candidate in political science specializing in forest fire risk management.

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

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…