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Officials: Wildfire will burn for days
Bangkok Post
|August 09, 2025
France's biggest wildfire in decades will burn for several more days even though it has been brought under control, authorities said yesterday as hundreds of firefighters kept up a battle against the flames.
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The giant blaze in the southern department of Aude has burned through more than 17,000 hectares of land — an area bigger than Paris, killing one person, injuring 13 and destroying dozens of homes.
About 2,000 firefighters are still on duty around the blaze which was declared under control on Thursday night.
The fire will not be "declared extinguished for several days", said Christian Pouget, the prefect for Aude. "There is still a lot of work to be done."
Authorities have banned access to the forests that were devastated by the fire until at least tomorrow.
They said that roads in the zone were too dangerous because of fallen electricity lines and other hazards.
Mr Pouget said that approximately 2,000 people forced to flee the flames had still not been allowed back to their homes.
Hundreds of people are sleeping in school gyms and village halls across the region.
This story is from the August 09, 2025 edition of Bangkok Post.
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