Hundreds of people have been evacuated after a wildfire began spreading through a popular tourist area of France. Firefighters are working to tackle the blaze in Argelès-sur-Mer, located in the Pyrénées-Orientales along the mediterranean Coast. A water-bomber helicopter has been deployed over the area, along with 90 firefighters on the ground, according to the Forest Fire Prevention and Reporting Association.
The association added that the 350 occupants of the village have been evacuated. This comes amid a wildfire in Marseille that forced 400 people to be evacuated. Roughly a dozen homes were destroyed and 63 others damaged, Interior minister Bruno Retailleau said. About 100 people also suffered light injuries.
THIS IS A LIVE BLOG. FOLLOW ALONG BELOW FOR THE LATEST UPDATES...
You may also like
Cash-at-home row: Congress to back bid to sack Justice Yashwant Varma , but with a 'rider'
Trump reflects on assassination attempt one year later: "There were mistakes made"
Only 1 in 5 can find seven missing objects in tricky heatwave brainteaser
Daily Horoscope For Friday, July 11, 2025, For All Zodiac Signs By Astrologer Vinayak Vishwas Karandikar
London wildfire tears through suburb as 80 firefighters contain blaze 'It's huge'
