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Blaze in Southern France, which Injured 4, Contained

This image taken from a car window along a highway on July 31, 2022, shows thick white smoke from a fire near Aubais, southern France. BENJAMIN GALY / AFP
This image taken from a car window along a highway on July 31, 2022, shows thick white smoke from a fire near Aubais, southern France. BENJAMIN GALY / AFP
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Blaze in Southern France, which Injured 4, Contained

This image taken from a car window along a highway on July 31, 2022, shows thick white smoke from a fire near Aubais, southern France. BENJAMIN GALY / AFP
This image taken from a car window along a highway on July 31, 2022, shows thick white smoke from a fire near Aubais, southern France. BENJAMIN GALY / AFP

A weekend wildfire in the southern French Gard region that injured four firefighters has now been contained, officials said Monday.

Firefighter spokesman Col. Eric Agrinier told French media that 370 hectares were burned and two homes affected by the flames. But, according to The Associated Press, he highlighted “dozens and dozens of houses preserved and a human toll of zero casualties among civilians.”

The fire was contained in the night of Sunday with some 400 firefighters monitoring the blaze Monday morning, according to the civil protection agency.

Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin tweeted a message of alert on Sunday regarding the fire that broke out around 3 p.m. in a pine forest in Aubais, a village of 2,000 inhabitants. Several families were evacuated.

France is set to enter another heatwave, and several departments have been put on alert for threats of wildfire.

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Small Plane Crashes into Brazil Tourist City, Killing at Least 10

A general view shows the site of a plane crash in the center of Gramado, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil December 22, 2024. REUTERS/Edson Vara
A general view shows the site of a plane crash in the center of Gramado, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil December 22, 2024. REUTERS/Edson Vara
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Small Plane Crashes into Brazil Tourist City, Killing at Least 10

A general view shows the site of a plane crash in the center of Gramado, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil December 22, 2024. REUTERS/Edson Vara
A general view shows the site of a plane crash in the center of Gramado, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil December 22, 2024. REUTERS/Edson Vara

A small plane carrying 10 people crashed into shops in the center of the tourist city of Gramado in southern Brazil on Sunday, killing everyone on board, state government officials said.
The aircraft's owner and pilot, Luiz Claudio Galeazzi, died along with the other nine passengers, all of whom were members of his family, according to Rio Grande do Sul Governor Eduardo Leite.
In addition, 17 people on the ground were injured, Leite said at a press conference, with 12 still receiving hospital care, including two in critical condition, Reuters reported.
Manufactured in 1990, the twin-engine Piper PA-42-1000 took off shortly after 9 am local time from nearby Canela airport and was heading to Jundiai in Sao Paulo state under unfavorable weather conditions, the governor said.
He noted that the cause of the crash is being investigated by the Aeronautical Accident Investigation and Prevention Center (Cenipa).
The plane reportedly first struck the chimney of a building then the second floor of a house before crashing into a furniture store, authorities said. Debris also reached a nearby inn.
Nestled in a mountainous region, Gramado is the most popular tourist destination in Rio Grande do Sul, which was severely impacted earlier this year by unprecedented floods that claimed dozens of lives, destroyed infrastructure and significantly disrupted the state's economy.