PARIS (AP) — France’s biggest wildfire this summer was spreading quickly Wednesday in a Mediterranean region near the Spanish border after leaving one person dead, authorities said. The fire had burned an area larger than Paris. French Prime Minister ...

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

A woman has died and several others have been left injured after a massive wildfire broke out in Aude (Occitanie) yesterday. The fire is the biggest of the summer so far and has burned more than 14,000 hectares of land around the Corbières hills, an area larger than the size of Paris.