A destructive wildfire tore through France’s Aude region Tuesday, consuming 13,000 hectares of the Corbières landscape – an area exceeding Paris in size. At the same time, flames erupted near Tarifa in southern Spain, forcing mass evacuations from popular tourist destinations during peak season. Aude Wildfire: One Dead as Flames Advance at 5.5 km/h The fire ignited shortly before 4:20 p.m. local time on August 5 near Ribaute in the Corbières massif. Fueled by parched vegetation and winds with gusts up to 60 km/h, the fire front advanced relentlessly through the night, growing from about 4,500 hectares at 9 p.m. … Continue reading Deadly Wildfire Burns Area Larger Than Paris: 13,000 Hectares Destroyed as Spain and France Evacuate Thousands