PARIS (AP) — A fast-moving wildfire in a Mediterranean region of France near the Spanish border has left one person dead, several others injured and was still spreading Wednesday after damaging a swath of land as big as Paris overnight, authorities said.

About 1,800 firefighters were fighting the blaze, which broke out Tuesday afternoon in the village of Ribaute in the Aude region, a rural, wooded area that is also home to wineries. The wildfire remained ‘’very active” on Wednesday and weather conditions were unfavorable, the local administration said in a statement.

One person died in their home, nine others were injured, including seven firefighters, and at least one person was missing, the statement said.

It said the fire had spread over 12,000 hectares (30,000 acres) of land, a surf

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