Into The Fire

The Mistral, drought and arsonists… an explosive cocktail in Marseille.A fire has just broken out behind the Marseille Aix University in Luminy. This...

In Marseille, on July 14, the housing projects come alive and organize firework displays one after the other. This is the night chosen by arsonists to...

The firefighters of the Saint Pierre firehouse, one of the busiest in Marseille, are called to a fire in an apartment in a block of several floors. Me...

The GRIMP, the dangerous situation reconnaissance and intervention group, operate day and night in the calanques national park. This is one of the mos...

August 12 2016, a 50’ schooner runs onto a rock in the Frioul archipelago, several miles off the Marseille shores. The Pointe Rouge rescue services do...

The firefighters are in the front line to cap broken gas lines. This sort of intervention can quickly turn to tragedy. In summer, the Marseille calanq...

A fire is reported in an apartment with open windows and with balconies. It only needs three minutes for the flames to produce toxic smoke, which, at...

Marseille is surrounded by hills that form the city’s “Green Lung”. In summer, drought gets the upper hand and hits record highs. A small brush fire c...

The brigade’s divers take high risks to prevent an old schooner that sank the day before from polluting the flora and fauna of the crystal waters. For...

On August 10 2016, a fire of an exceptional scale is heading straight for Marseille. Driven by a strong 65mph wind the fire is spreading fastly. The i...

The CETIS is a training center, equipped with simulators that can recreate the real conditions of certain types of fire. Today a group of firefighters...

On July 15, an arsonist sets various locations alight on the “Blue Coast”. The Canadairs are deployed, as the fires encircle a small town. Residents t...