A wildfire that reached the outskirts of Marseille, France's second-largest city, injuring 110 people, was pushed back overnight but remains unextinguished, authorities confirmed on Wednesday. Mayor Benoit Payan has since lifted a confinement order affecting tens of thousands of residents.
Speaking on broadcaster France-Info, Mayor Payan stated the blaze was in "net regression" on Wednesday morning. The fire had raced towards the historic Mediterranean port city on Tuesday, prompting hundreds of evacuations and forcing an entire city district to shelter indoors under official directives.
