Ten thousand people in southwestern France were forced to evacuate due to a wildfire that is still burning and has already destroyed 4,600 hectares of forest, authorities said on Monday.

ILLE-SUR-TET, France: A wildfire burning out of control in southwestern France has forced the evacuation of 10,000 people from two dozen small towns and villages near the…

The fire has scorched some 4,600 hectares in the foothills of the French Pyrenees, local prefect Pierre Regnault de la Mothe said in a post on X/Twitter.