The biggest wildfire in France for 75 years which devastated an area of southern France the size of Paris could “ reignite at any time ”, officials warned. At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.

France's largest wildfire for 75 years, which has burned through an area larger than Paris, will burn for several more days even though it has been brought under control, authorities said early on Friday.

France’s largest wildfire in decades continued to burn and spread Thursday, though at a slower pace, after having already ravaged more than 160 square kilometres in the south of the country and claiming one life,