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'Challenging day' for firefighters battling huge blaze in France

Firefighters have contained a massive wildfire in southern France but local officials warned on Sunday that scorching heat ...

France seeks to 'stabilise' wildfire raging in south

French firefighters said Thursday they were hoping to halt the country's biggest wildfire this summer that has left one ...

1,400 keep watch on France wildfire

PARIS -- About 1,400 firefighters were deployed Saturday in France's southern Aude region to prevent the country's largest ...

Firefighters battle to prevent reignition of France’s largest wildfire as residents return home

About 1,400 firefighters have been deployed in France's southern Aude region to prevent the country's largest wildfire in ...
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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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...