A fire broke out on the 7th floor of a building, rue Paul-Bounin, in Nice. For several hours, a thick plume of gray smoke could be observed hundreds of meters around.
40 firefighters, 15 machines and four water hoses were necessary to overcome the blaze. In the intervention, a fire soldier was slightly injured as a result of "a fall of material" An investigation has been launched to determine the causes of the fire, which remain unknown at this stage.