# Firefighters are battling several wildfires fanned by strong winds in southern France as the country grapples with parched conditions following Europe’s recent heatwave. Interior minister Laurent Nunez says three blazes, two of which broke out on the western edge of the Mediterranean port city of Marseille, had scorched a combined area of more than one-thousand-200-hectares. The World Meteorological Organization last week warned the record temperatures that baked Western Europe for over a week late last month would worsen the risk of wildfires, with very dry vegetation.
Firefighters battle blazes in southern France after European heatwave