The alert was issued around 7 a. m. on Wednesday, as thick black smoke emerged from the Apple neighborhood in Marseille’s 11th arrondissement. A fire broke out at a passenger camp located in heavily vegetated terrain near the SNCF exercise station.
About fifty firefighters and fourteen engines were immediately deployed to the site of approximately 400 square meters to fight the flames and evacuate the occupants of the site. In total, fourteen people, plus six small children, were protected by fire fighters who managed to put out the fire in less than an hour.
A house located in the vicinity of the place was also evacuated as a precautionary measure. However, no casualties were reported. The time has come to extinguish the last hot spots and clear them up. An investigation has been opened into the origin of the fire.
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