epa13091786 Fire trucks are positioned along the roadside as a wildfire burns in Ille-sur-Tet, southern France, 06 July 2026. The fire has scorched some 4,600 hectares in the foothills of the French Pyrenees, and more than 10,000 people have been ordered to leave, local prefect Pierre Regnault de la Mothe said. EPA/CHLOE REULET

epa13091784 ​Smoke rises from a wildfire burning in Ille-sur-Tet, southern France, 06 July 2026. The fire has scorched some 4,600 hectares in the foothills of the French Pyrenees and more thant 10.000 people have been ordered to leave, local ​prefect Pierre Regnault de la Mothe said. EPA/CHLOE REULET

epa13091783 ​Smoke rises from a wildfire burning in Ille-sur-Tet, southern France, 06 July 2026. The fire has scorched some 4,600 hectares in the foothills of the French Pyrenees and more thant 10.000 people have been ordered to leave, local ​prefect Pierre Regnault de la Mothe said. EPA/CHLOE REULET

epa13091782 ​Smoke rises from a wildfire burning in Ille-sur-Tet, southern France, 06 July 2026. The fire has scorched some 4,600 hectares in the foothills of the French Pyrenees and more thant 10.000 people have been ordered to leave, local ​prefect Pierre Regnault de la Mothe said. EPA/CHLOE REULET