A fire blazes on the hillsides at Les Pennes-Mirabeau, near Marseille, southern France on August 11, 2016Story continues below…A fire blazes at Les Pennes-Mirabeau, near Marseille, southern France on August 11, 2016. People watch and others run away from a fire near Vitrolles, southern France on August 10, 2016. An helicopter carries fire extinguisher as part of an attempt to struggle against a fire that spread near Vitrolles. France mobilised 1,500 firefighters to tackle wildfires in countryside north of Marseille that have gutted buildings and forced more than 1,000 people to flee their homes. A plane sprays fire extinguisher as part of an attempt to struggle against a fire that spread near Vitrolles, 30 km north of Marseille.

Source: The Local August 11, 2016 05:56 UTC