Overview

• The wildfire, which broke out early Tuesday in Pennes-Mirabeau, has consumed over 350 hectares and advanced into Marseille’s outskirts.
• A prefect’s 16:00 mobile alert instructed forest-area residents to leave immediately or seal themselves inside masonry buildings with windows and doors closed.
• SNCF suspended all train services until at least 20:00 after flames neared the rail lines, bringing regional rail traffic to a standstill.
• Marseille-Provence Airport canceled four departures and diverted about ten flights to Nice, Nîmes, Lyon and Montpellier due to encroaching smoke.
• Authorities are investigating a car fire on the A552 motorway as a possible ignition source, and a nearby nursing home has been evacuated due to growing air quality concerns.