Firefighters are at work to extinguish a wildfire in Tournissan, southwestern France, on August 5, 2025. A fire that broke out on August 5, 2025 afternoon in Ribaute (Aude) has burned 4,000 hectares of forest and scrubland in just a few hours before reaching the village of Saint-Laurent-de-la-Cabrerisse, where houses were burned down.
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A wildfire in southern France’s Aude region near the Spanish border has scorched around 4,500 hectares (11,100 acres) of forest, the fire brigade said late on Tuesday (August 5, 2025), as hundreds of firefighters battled to bring the blaze under control.
More than 1,250 firefighters have been deployed to the scene, Colonel Alexandre Jouassard, spokesperson for the civil protection agency, told BFMTV.
President Emmanuel Macron said on X the fire was progressing and that “all the nation’s resources were mobilized.”
Two people were injured in the fire, including one seriously, Lucie Rosech, the deputy prefect of Aude, told BFMTV.
Published – August 06, 2025 07:19 am IST
