Wildfire in France tears through area as big as Paris overnight

Firefighters in southern France are tackling the country’s biggest wildfire of the year so far. At least one person has died and almost a dozen others injured by the fire that has also destroyed homes, according to local authorities.

The Aude prefecture said the fire was progressing ‘very quickly’ and that nearly 2,000 firefighters were trying to bring it under control. The blaze has already burned through 13,000 hectares (32,100 acres), the local fire chief Christophe Magny told BFM TV