Firefighters battled the blaze for four days. in part of La Hague and on the heights of Herquemoulin in Vauville. In total, 30 hectares had burned. An individual was arrested by the police, indicates the Cherbourg prosecutor’s office. For acts of a criminal nature of degradation by fire of wood, forest or moor.
A 26-year-old man charged
The 26-year-old man was charged and remanded in custody after being brought before an investigating judge. The investigation is continuing. It is led by the research brigade of Cherbourg and the gendarmerie brigade of La Hague. In total, a hundred firefighters had been mobilized on this fire.
The Manche firefighters also lent a hand to their colleagues in Brittany and Gironde.