France’s largest wildfire in decades leaves trail of devastation
A house stands in the middle of burned trees during France’s biggest wildfire this summer, near Durban-Corbieres, southern France Picture: Hernan Munoz/AP
France’s largest wildfire in decades is continuing to burn and spread, though at a slower pace, having already ravaged more than 160 square kilometres (62 square miles) in the south of the country, local authorities said.
The blaze, which started on Tuesday and tore through the Corbieres massif in the Aude region, has remained uncontained despite the deployment of more than 2,100 firefighters and several water bomber aircraft.
