(8 Aug 2025)
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Corbieres area – 8 August 2025
1. Various of countryside houses burnt by wildfires
Saint-Laurent-de-la-Cabrerisse – 8 August 2025
2. Road leading to village
3. Close of village sign
4. Pan across burnt hills to church
5. Various of vehicles, houses destroyed by wildfires (one housed the only known victim)
6. Various of firefighters centre of operations
7. Set up shots of media briefing
8. SOUNDBITE: (French) Remi Recio, deputy prefect of Narbonne:
“Right now, the operations conducted by the firefighters are focused inside the zone of the wildfires. Of course we must be vigilant on the outer areas as well. We are watching very carefully the hot spots. It’s a considerable task being carried out by over one thousand staff deployed on the ground. Aided by drones dotted with thermic cameras and GPS. With that, we are able to detect with precision the potential places for reignition of the fire and other hot spots. They’ve been doing it through the night and continue doing it today.”
9. Various of firefighter’s helicopter leaving operation centre
STORYLINE:
Authorities said they were closely watching hotspots after France’s largest wildfire in decades was contained in the south of the country.
Remi Recio, a senior regional official who is the deputy prefect for the southern city of Narbonne, said on Friday that over 1,000 firefighters were deployed "aided by drones dotted with thermic cameras and GPS" in order to detect potential places for re-ignition.
Over three days, the fire spread across more than 160 square kilometres (62 square miles) in the Aude wine region and claimed one life, forcing hundreds of residents to flee their homes.
In hot and dry weather, the blaze quickly spread with a perimeter reaching 90 kilometres and local authorities said they need to remain vigilant throughout the weekend as temperatures are expected to rise above 30 degrees Celsius (86 degrees Fahrenheit) during another heat wave.
One person died at home, and at least 21 others were injured, including 16 firefighters, according to local authorities.
Some 1,300 homes were still without electricity on Friday morning after infrastructure was extensively damaged, the Aude prefecture said.
Residents have been warned not to return home without authorization, as many roads remain blocked and dangerous.
Those forced to flee have been housed in emergency shelters across 17 municipalities.
An investigation is underway to determine what sparked the fire.
The fire was the largest recorded since France’s national fire database was created in 2006.
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