Wildfire threatened Marseille as a thousand firefighters defending the city

A thousand firefighters were moved to fight a wildfire reaching the outer edge of Marseille, second largest city in France.

“The battalion of the Marine Firefighter holds guerrilla guerrilla, hand hoses,” said the Mayor Benoît powder, which refers to the marseille fire service.

The prefect of the Bouches-du-Rhôge area, Georges-François Leclerc, encouraged local residents to remain at home and said “Protection” in the city.

He said that while the situation is not static, it “controls”.

At least 400 people were evacuated in their homes, according to French media. Nine firefighters say wounded.

About 20 buildings were best to hit fire and hundred homes survived firefighters, Leclerc said.

At the end of it, the fire spreads to the rate of 1.2km (0.7 miles) per minute, Pover said, according to French broadcaster BFMTV. This is because of a unique combination of air gusts, dense plants and sloping slopes.

The President of the French Emmanuel Macron, which is in a visit to the UK state, expressed the support of fire crews and calls to residents to follow the safety instructions.

“Our thoughts with the injured and all residents,” he wrote to X.

The interior minister Bruno retileau arrived at Marseille on Tuesday night, where he met local officials.

Marseille proved Provence Airport has a partially opened after closed from noon. Julien Coffinier, the president of the airport, said he “did not experience a situation of this size”.

Residents are advised to remain inside, close shutters and doors, and keep roads clear for emergency services.

The fire, which was broken on Tuesday near Penes-Mirabeau, North of Marseille, said about 700 hectares (7 sq km).

Local authorities say the blast is run by a car that catches fire on the passage, and it can continue to spread while the wind is spread until night.

“Very remarkable – Apocalyptic However,” Monique Baillard, city resident, speaks Reuters News Agency. He said many of his neighbors were left.

Pabay asks residents to remain “very careful” and to prevent their actions.

Footage posted online shows a lot of smoke in a marseille as fire burned in a northern area.

Book-du-rhône places do not record a drop of rain since 19 can, according to BFMTV.

Everywhere in France, another wildfire starting near the Narbonne on Monday stayed active, which is cherished by the wind 60km / h (40mph). About 2,000 hectares burned, the local officer said.

The wildfires were also reported in other European parts, including the Catalonian region in North-East Spain, where more than 18,000 people were ordered to live at home because of the eastern province of Tarragona.

Emergency units are placed along 300 firefighters as high-night windows flashing flames, spreading around 3,000 hectares) on the ground.

Many other parts of Spain – experiencing the hottest June of the record – are at high alert for wildfires.

In Greece, about 41 wildfires happened across the country on Monday. In those, 34 were entered early while seven remained active on Monday night, according to the fire service.

Most western and southern Europe hit an overflowing early summer, flowing fires that saw thousands evacuated in their homes.