France wildfire causes freeway chaos

A wildfire has broken out near a freeway in southern France.

Vehicles could be seen driving through plumes of smoke while emergency planes dropped water onto the blaze near the city of Beziers.

Firefighters attempted to stop traffic on the highway and were removing people from their cars.

Parts of southern France are on high alert for wildfires in the coming days after a recent record-breaking heatwave in the country.