Firefighters worked through the night to prevent the blaze from entering France’s second-biggest city, and brought the wildfire under control on Wednesday morning.

French firefighters are continuing to battle a wildfire that reached the outer edge of Marseille and has left more than 100 people injured. The city's mayor Benoit Payan told local media on Wednesday morning that the blaze was "decreasing" but was still not completely under control.

A wildfire that disrupted plane and train in Marseille, France's second largest city,  decreased in intensity on Wednesday, officials said.Several fires have raged in recent days in the southern region,