Firefighters worked to prevent the blaze from entering France’s second-biggest city, where ash and smoke had spread overnight.

A wildfire that reached Marseille is starting to diminish. The mayor of France's second-largest city says it is in ‘’net regression'' Wednesday but remained active.

A huge wildfire on the edges of Marseille started to retreat after injuring more than 100 people, forcing residents to evacuate and destroying a number of homes.