PARIS (Reuters) – One person has died as a result of a wildfire in the Aude region in southern France, the local authority said on Wednesday.
The Aude prefecture said in a statement the fire was progressing "very quickly" and that 1,820 firefighters were trying to get it under control. Around 2,500 households in the area were currently without electricity, it said.
The wildfire in southern France’s Aude region near the Spanish border has scorched around 4,500 hectares (11,100 acres) of forest, the fire brigade said late on Tuesday.
President Emmanuel Macron said on X the fire was progressing and that "all the nation’s resources were mobilized."
Two people were injured in the fire, including one seriously, Lucie Rosech, the deputy prefect of Aude, told BFMTV.