About 1,400 firefighters were deployed on Saturday in France‘s southern Aude region to prevent the country’s largest wildfire in decades from reigniting, as all residents were allowed to return to their homes.

An exceptional response was put in place in the southern French region of Aude last week, including the deployment of 2,000 firefighters, to fight France's largest wildfire in decades.

Firefighters in France have contained the country's largest wildfire in decades, but authorities remain on high alert because of high heat that could reignite the flames.