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France’s largest wildfire in decades contained after devastating southern region and wine country
France's largest wildfire in decades has been contained after burning over 160 square kilometers in the south.
Massive French wildfire now contained, 16,000 hectares affected, local authorities say
Smoke rose over the Aude region and drone footage showed swathes of charred earth after the fire swept across an area 1.5 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...