One person has died as a result of a wildfire in the Aude region in southern France near the Spanish border, 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.
President Emmanuel Macron said on X that "all the nation’s resources were mobilized."
The flames have scorched around 4,500 hectares (11,100 acres) of forest and two people were injured, including one seriously according to local authorties.
Around 2,500 households in the area were without electricity, said officials.
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