A firefighter is silhouetted while conducting a water rescue operation at sunset amid land scorched by a wildfire near Saint-Laurent-de-la-Cabrerisse, southern France, August 7, 2025. REUTERS/Manon Cruz TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
PARIS (Reuters) -A wildfire in the southern French prefecture of Aude is not expected to be under control until late on Sunday, the regional chief firefighter said on French television.
The fire, which began Tuesday, is one of the largest recorded in France since 1949. Spread over 16,000 hectares (around 40,000 acres), it has led to one fatality, the injury of 19 firefighters and six civilians, and several dozen homes have been destroyed.
