A wildfire that reached the northwestern outskirts of France's second city of Marseille lost intensity overnight, but firefighters were still battling the flames on Wednesday. Residents who had been told on Tuesday to stay in their homes for their own safety were once again allowed out.

A 39-year-old man is being hailed a national hero in France after rescuing six people from a burning apartment block in Paris on Friday, July 4. Fousseynou Cissé, a school

France is bracing for a risky summer. The national weather service has classified the Mediterranean arc at 'high' or 'very high' fire alert. While the country has learned lessons from major blazes in 2022,

Over 100 people have been injured while thousands more have been told to shelter in place after a wildfire tore through a portion of southern France.

A wildfire in southern France on Tuesday that forced Marseille airport to close and interrupted train traffic has not been fully contained, the country’s interior minister said. Several forest fires have raged in recent days in southern France,

Two people died in a separate wildfire on 1 July in the Catalonia region, where Tarragona is located. In the south of France, a wildfire that reached the outskirts of Marseille injured 110 people and locals have been warned that while the fire has been contained for now, it remains a concern.