Smoke rises over the coast in southern France as wildfire rages on

Eyewitness video on Tuesday (August 5) showed smoke rising over the French coastline as a wildfire rages in the Aude region, near the Spanish border. Reuters was able to independently verify the location with the outline of the mountains, buildings and terrain that matched the file and satellite imagery of the area. Reuters was able to independently verify the date with the original file metadata from the source and corroborating reports of the wildfire near the area.