STORY: 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.

The fire has scorched around 4,500 hectares (11,100 acres) of forest, the fire brigade said late on Tuesday, as hundreds of firefighters battled to bring the blaze under control.

President Emmanuel Macron said on X the fire was progressing and that "all the nation’s resources were mobilized."

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VIDEO SHOWS: SMOKE RISING FROM WILDFIRE IN SOUTHERN FRANCE AS SEEN FROM CANTON DE LA CÔTE VERMEILLE, FRANCE

- Location verified by the outline, design and position of the buildings that matched the file and satellite imagery of the area

- Date verified by original file metadata and corroborating reports of the fire near the area

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1. VARIOUS OF SMOKE IN THE SKY