Villerouge La Cremade, France — Firefighters who helped contain France’s largest wildfire in decades were on high alert Friday because of forecasts of very high temperatures that could reignite the blaze in the south of the country, while fires prompted evacuations elsewhere in the Mediterranean region.

French officials have confirmed that one person is dead and 13 are injured in a wildfire in southern France, the largest France has dealt with in decades.

France's largest wildfire for 75 years, which has burned through an area larger than Paris, has slowed overnight but is not yet under control, officials have said. More than 2,000 firefighters and 500 firefighting vehicles continue to be deployed to the Aude region,