Overview
- The fire broke out around 4:15 a.m. in the emergency department of the Centre hospitalier Marie‑José Truffaut in Hyères.
- A security guard and a healthcare worker contained the flames with extinguishers before 58 firefighters extinguished the fire around 6:30 a.m.
- Thirty-two people, including 19 patients, were evacuated horizontally to the hospital's maternity unit during the response.
- Six patients affected by smoke were transferred to Sainte‑Anne military hospital in Toulon, and five staff members were also exposed.
- The emergency department remained closed Monday morning as the cause was still under investigation.