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Firefighters battle to prevent reignition of France’s largest wildfire as residents return home
About 1,400 firefighters were deployed on Saturday in France‘s southern Aude region to prevent the country’s largest wildfire ...
France on alert after containing worst wildfire in decades amid soaring heat
Officials warn the fire could reignite amid a forecasted heatwave, with 1,000 people still unable to return home and over ...
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Satellites watch France's largest wildfire in 75 years burn an area larger than Paris
Satellite images revealed the scope of destruction in the south of France where an area larger than the country's capital ...
As blazes spread, French winemakers rue loss of 'fire break' vineyards
Local growers said hundreds of hectares of working vineyards had been destroyed while grapes from other plots risked being ...
One dead, 13 injured in France wildfire spanning area greater than Paris
France’s prime minister called the natural disaster “unprecedented” and said it was probably connected to global warming.
Giant fire in southern France under control
The blaze began on Tuesday and has swept across the department of Aude, killing one person and destroying 36 homes. It's the ...
France’s biggest wildfire in 75 years engulfs an area larger than Paris as an army of firefighters battle 17,000-hectare blaze
France grapples with a massive wildfire in the Aude region. The blaze, the largest since 1949, has consumed over 17,000 ...