The loss of vineyards – nearly 5,000 hectares in Aude in the past 12 months alone – and its impact have been laid bare this week as the biggest wildfire in France since 1949 sweeps through the region, ...

France’s “wine lake” is fanning the largest wildfire in decades. The “wine” in the so-called wine lake is a nod to an excess of wine in France. To reduce it, the government began a program in the ...

The blaze erupted Tuesday and tore through the Aude region, spreading rapidly due to hot, dry weather. Cooler overnight ...

SAINT-LAURENT-DE-LA-CABRERISSE, France - A massive wildfire that has scorched through 16,000 hectares (39,537 acres) of ...