Firefighters in Southern France are battling a massive wildfire that has already scorched 14,000 hectares — an area larger than Paris. The blaze has destroyed 25 homes and claimed one life in the village of Saint-Laurent-de-la-Cabrerisse.

Officials say the scale of the fire is nearly equal to the total land burned across all of France in 2024, marking it as one of the most devastating wildfires in recent memory.