A fast-moving wildfire reached the outskirts of Marseille, France’s second-largest city, on Tuesday, leading its airport to be shut down, with residents told to stay indoors and shut all openings to be safe from the smoke.

A fast-moving wildfire in southern France, fanned by winds of up to 70 kilometres per hour, led to the closure of Marseille Provence airport on Tuesday and was getting very close to France's second-largest city itself,

Over 1,000 firefighters were sent to battle the blaze that started near Les Pennes-Mirabeau and quickly spread toward the city of Marseille.