Four people poisoned by smoke following a hob fire in an apartment in Montpellier

Intervention of firefighters. Midi Libre – Illustration GIACOMO ITALIANO

Three of the four victims had to be transported to the Lapeyronie hospital center for check-ups.

The Hérault firefighters intervened this Friday, March 8 around 5 p.m., in a residence on avenue de la Pompignane in Montpellier, to a hob fire.

Although the flames were quickly brought under control, four people were inconvenienced by the smoke. Three of them, two women aged 17 and 39 and a man aged 45, had to be transported in non-medical ambulances to the Lapeyronie hospital center to carry out control examinations.