The hill threatens Marseille when thousands of firefighters defends the city

Thousands of firefighters were mobilized to combat the fire that reached the outer region of Marseille, the second largest city in France.

“The guerrilla warfare, the hoses in the hands are waging a guerrilla warfare,” said the mayor of Benueta, referring to the Marseille Fire Service and the rescue service.

The prefect of the Bushe-Da-Rhon district, Georges-Francheso Lecler, urged the locals to stay indoors and stated that firefighters were “defending” the city.

He said that when the situation was not static, it was “under control”.

According to French media, at least 400 people were evacuated from their homes. Nine firefighters are said to have been injured.

About 20 buildings were at least partially victims of the fire, and the fires were rescued by hundreds of houses, Lecler said.

According to Dayan, according to the fire, the fire spread at a speed of 1.2 km (0.7 miles) per minute, according to the French BFMTV channel. This was due to the unique combination of wind gusts, thick vegetation and steep slopes.

French President Emmanuel Macron, who was on a state visit to the UK, expressed support for fire crews and urged residents to follow the security instructions.

“Our thoughts with wounded and all residents,” he wrote on X.

Interior Minister Bruno Retale arrived in Marseille on Tuesday evening, where he met local officials.

Marseille Provence Airport partially opened after closing from noon. Julien Kofinier, President of the Airport, said he “never felt the situation of that amount.”

Residents were advised to stay inside, close shutters and doors, and keep roads for emergency services.

It is said that the fire, which began earlier on Tuesday near Penne-Mirobo, north of Marseille, covered about 700 hectares (7 square km).

Local authorities said the ignition was caused by a car that caught fire on the motorway and that it could continue to spread because the strong wind would blow until late in the evening.

“It’s very strange – even apocalyptic,” said Reuters Monique Baillard. She said many of her neighbors had already gone.

The council asked the residents to remain “extremely vigilant” and restrict their movements.

The footage posted on the Internet showed huge advantages of smoke over Marseille when the fire was raging in the hillous area to the north.

Bushe-do-rchon area has not recorded a single rain drop since May 19, BFMTV reports.

Elsewhere in France, another forest fire, which began near Narbon on Monday, remains an active, 60 km/h (40 km/h) wind. Local officials said about 2000 hectares.

Fires were also reported in other parts of Europe, including in the Catalonia region of Northeast Spain, where more than 18,000 people were ordered to stay home due to forest fires in the Eastern Tarragon province.

The emergency blocks were deployed with 300 firefighters, as the high wind opened a flame in one night, spreading to almost 3000 hectares (7 413 hectares).

Several other parts of Spain – who survived their hottest June on the record – were in high readiness for forest fires.

About 41 forest fires broke out in Greece across the country. Of these, 34 were kept early and seven remained active on Monday night, the fire service reports.

A considerable part of Western and Southern Europe was hit by the scorching early summer thermal wave that spark the fires that saw thousands of evacuated houses.