“There is a major fire in Var under very unfavorable weather conditions,” Darmanen wrote on his Twitter account.
According to him, 650 firefighters have been mobilized to extinguish the fire.
“I am closely following the situation,” concluded the head of the French Ministry of Internal Affairs.
In July, a fire broke out in the VII arrondissement of Paris near the Matignon Palace - the residence of the French Prime Minister.