Overview

• Wildfires near Marseille (750 ha), Narbonne (2 100 ha), Hérault (400 ha) and Gard (430 ha) have been fixed after over 1 000 firefighters and aerial units battled flames for 30 hours
• No fatalities have been reported, although nearly 80 residents and dozens of emergency personnel received treatment for smoke inhalation or minor injuries
• Météo France’s daily ‘météo des forêts’ keeps 10–12 western and southern departments at elevated fire risk, prompting mass closures of forest massifs
• The prefect of the Aude has banned the sale and use of fireworks from July 12 to 31 to prevent new ignitions in a department scorched by over 3 000 ha of flames in ten days
• A fresh blaze in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence burned 5 hectares despite low winds, underscoring persistent ignition threats amid record June heat and drought