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France wildfire is 'catastrophe on an unprecedented scale', says PM

French Prime Minister François Bayrou says a huge, deadly wildfire sweeping through the south of France is a "catastrophe on an unprecedented scale". He has been visiting the Aude region, where wildfires have scorched an area larger than Paris. Bayrou said the wildfire is linked to global warming and drought.

Reuters on MSN · 2h

France's biggest wildfire since 1949 moving more slowly but not yet under control

CABRERISSE, France (Reuters) -A massive wildfire that has scorched through 16,000 hectares of forest and villages in southern France since Tuesday has lost intensity but is still not under control, officials said on Thursday.

RTÉ Ireland · 1h

France battles huge wildfire for second day in a row

French firefighters battled for a second day to contain its biggest wildfire in nearly eight decades, which has burnt over 16,000 hectares and killed one person.

France battles largest wildfire in decades, 1 person killed

The New York Times · 47m

Here’s What France’s Largest Blaze in Decades Looks Like

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

Associated Press News · 2h

France’s largest wildfire in decades leaves a trail of devastation

France is battling its largest wildfire in decades, which has already burned more than 60 square miles in the south and killed one person.

France battles largest wildfire in decades, one person killed

French firefighters were battling on Wednesday to control the country's biggest wildfire in almost 80 years, with the blaze in the southern Aude region having already swept through an area bigger than Paris.

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France's biggest wildfire of the summer has eclipsed the size of Paris and is still spreading

France’s biggest wildfire in years was spreading quickly Wednesday in a Mediterranean region near Spain after leaving one ...

2hon MSN

Tourists evacuated as France continues to battle biggest wildfire since 1949

Tourists evacuated as France continues to battle biggest wildfire since 1949 - The fire has already swept through an area one ...

The Connexion42m

Map: See the full extent of France’s massive Aude wildfire

The wildfire currently raging in the Aude department has become the largest in France for more than half a century, with at ...

11h

France's biggest wildfire of summer has eclipsed size of Paris, still spreading

France’s biggest wildfire in years was spreading quickly Wednesday in a Mediterranean region near Spain after leaving one ...

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Mapped: Wildfires in France and Spain as huge blazes break out in 40C European heatwave

Mediterranean countries are a growing wildfire hotspot, with scientists warning that climate change is driving increasingly ...

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France wildfire LIVE: Thousands of firefighters struggle against fire bigger than Paris

French officials have called the large forest fire tearing through the south a 'catastrophe' as thousands flee a blaze larger ...

DPA International on MSN15h

Fast-moving French fire kills one as 2,150 battle the blaze

A large and rapidly spreading vegetation fire in southern France has killed a woman who refused to evacuate her home, the ...

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