Satellite images revealed the scope of destruction in the south of France where an area larger than the country's capital Paris has been turned into ashes by a massive wildfire.

Firefighters in France have contained the country's largest wildfire in decades, but authorities remain on high alert

Villerouge La Cremade, France — Firefighters who helped contain France’s largest wildfire in decades were on high alert Friday because of forecasts of very high temperatures that could reignite the blaze in the south of the country, while fires prompted evacuations elsewhere in the Mediterranean region.