Nearly 1,000 hectares were burned by wildfire in the Herault department in southern France on Tuesday, July 26, officials said.

Video filmed by Twitter user @RiviereThomas34 shows smoke rising from the fire.

Officials said 280 people were evacuated as a precaution from the municipality of Aumelas as a wildfire burned at the southern part of the A750 motorway. It said a second fire broke out nearby, between Puechabon and Aniane.

Almost 650 firefighters were fighting the blazes in the department, with five firefighters lightly injured, officials said. Credit: @RiviereThomas34 via Storyful

Video transcript

[VEHICLES PASSING BY]

- It's all right.

[BACKGROUND CHATTER]

- They lived here before.

- It's all right.

[BACKGROUND CHATTER]

- They lived here before.