Authorities say France’s biggest wildfire this summer is spreading quickly in a Mediterranean region near the Spanish border after leaving one person dead.

FRANCE’S biggest wildfire this summer spread quickly today in a Mediterranean region near the Spanish border, leaving one person dead, authorities said.About 2,000 firefighters and several water aircraft battled the blaze that broke out on Tuesday afternoon in the village of Ribaute in the Aude region,

CABRERISSE, France (Reuters) -Firefighters in southern France struggled on Wednesday to control a massive wildfire that has already swept through an area bigger than Paris, as the blaze spread rapidly through forests and villages,