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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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Iranian and European Diplomats to Meet on Friday, Iran Minister Says 

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi. (AFP file)
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi. (AFP file)
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Iranian and European Diplomats to Meet on Friday, Iran Minister Says 

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi. (AFP file)
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi. (AFP file)

Iran will hold talks in Istanbul on Friday with European parties to their now-moribund nuclear deal, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said on Wednesday, after an earlier meeting planned for May 2 was postponed.

Reuters reported earlier that the Iranian deputy foreign minister would meet French, British and German diplomats to maintain dialogue and discuss how they envisage parameters of a potential new nuclear deal being negotiated between Tehran and Washington.

Iran's foreign minister said the fourth round of Iran-US talks held on May 11 was "difficult" as they focused on the controversial issue of enrichment, adding he hoped the other side would come with "more realistic positions" after gaining a better understanding of Iran's fundamental positions.

A fifth round of talks is to be announced by Oman's foreign ministry which has acted as mediator since the start of the talks on April 12.

Araqchi reacted to US President Donald Trump’s comment made on Tuesday in Riyadh, where Trump called Iran "the most destructive force" in the Middle East.

"Unfortunately, this is a deceptive view. It is the US that has prevented Iran's progress through sanctions," Araqchi said.