France’s biggest wildfire in years was spreading quickly Wednesday in a Mediterranean region near Spain after leaving one person dead and several injured, authorities said. The fire burned an area larger than Paris,

The wildfire is the largest in France this year and has burned some 12,000 hectares of land, an area larger than Paris.

At least one person has been killed and 11 people injured as more than 1,500 firefighters are battling raging wildfires between Carcassonne and Narbonne in France.