Key Points

• The data available to date show that the fire had a very moderate health impact on the use of emergency care by the general population on July 8, both in terms of consequences that can be directly linked to the air pollution caused by the smoke plume (respiratory conditions, irritations, etc.) as in the expected psychological impact, given the scale of the event and the emergency evacuations of the population.

• This assessment must nevertheless be interpreted with caution, as the data do not cover the private medical sector and the system does not allow for the identification of affected individuals—with symptoms of varying severity—who did not seek medical care.