Overview
- The blaze broke out around 7:40 a.m. on Saturday in a three‑storey residential building at 37 boulevard de Strasbourg in Marseille’s 3rd arrondissement.
- Flames that started on the ground floor spread to upper levels before firefighters quickly brought the fire under control and remained on scene.
- About fifty marins‑pompiers were mobilized to contain the fire and evacuate residents.
- Two people were hospitalized, including a woman in her 30s with third‑degree burns and life‑threatening injuries and a man around 60 with chest pain.
- Seven other occupants suffered smoke inhalation, and investigators are assessing early reports that a scooter may have sparked the blaze.