A large fire broke out in the camps. According to the study, the fire started in a sawmill in the Le Murat district of Saucats, caused by a cigarette. The fire quickly spread through the forest, aided by the wind, and burned 52,000 hectares. II. After the World War, the forest situation was very poor and the firewalls ate vegetation.

It caused 82 deaths and was the deadliest fire in the French state.