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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Steffie Banatvala

Mapped: Wildfires in France and Spain as huge blazes break out in 40C European heatwave

Southern France is battling for a third day its largest wildfire since 1949, while a once fast-moving blaze in a southern Spanish tourist resort is now under control.

The deadly fire in France erupted on Tuesday afternoon in the village of Ribaute in the Aude region near the Spanish border, destroying dozens of houses and scorching more than 16,000 hectares of forest.

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