Wildfires that have engulfed Turkey for weeks threatened the country’s fourth-largest city early Sunday, causing more than 1,700 people to flee their homes and leaving a firefighter dead.

Firefighters in France have contained the country's largest wildfire in decades, but authorities remain on high alert. The fire spread over 160 square kilometers in the Aude wine region, claiming

Firefighting operations continued on Saturday in south-western France to ensure that the largest wildfire the country has experienced in decades does not flare up again, a fire brigade spokesman said.