The fire broke out shortly before midnight on Tuesday February 22 in Bergerac, rue des frères Prêcheurs in Bergerac. Firefighters and police responded to the scene. According to the firefighters, the police put out the fire before they arrived. There was smoke in the stairwell.
According to the Bergerac police, the fire started in a stroller which was in the stairwell, which directs the police to the track of an arson but the investigation is still in progress. There were no injuries from the fire, but a resident swallowed smoke. She was examined by the emergency services on the spot but she did not need to be transported to the hospital for examinations. Following this outbreak of fire, there was also no need to relocate the inhabitants.