First Report: Rapid assessment of forest area and volume impacted by the 2025 fires in Aude, France

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In Aude, southwestern France, wildfires between June 26 and August 10, 2025, burned approximately 13,700 ha, including 141,000 m 3 ( ± 47,000 m 3 ) of productive forest timber. Full Text Additional Declarations No competing interests reported. Cite Share Download PDF Status: Under Review Version 1 posted Editorial decision: Revision requested 27 Sep, 2025 Reviews received at journal 26 Sep, 2025 Reviews received at journal 25 Sep, 2025 Reviews received at journal 21 Sep, 2025 Reviewers agreed at journal 06 Sep, 2025 Reviewers agreed at journal 05 Sep, 2025 Reviewers agreed at journal 04 Sep, 2025 Reviewers invited by journal 04 Sep, 2025 Editor assigned by journal 04 Sep, 2025 Submission checks completed at journal 04 Sep, 2025 First submitted to journal 01 Sep, 2025 You are reading this latest preprint version Research Square lets you share your work early, gain feedback from the community, and start making changes to your manuscript prior to peer review in a journal. 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