criminal leads for multiple fires

Behind the walls of flames in Ardèche and Hérault, it is the specter of crime that emerges and arsonists. Investigators believe both fires were caused by humans. To Gignac (Herault)an investigation was opened and a man was arrested. He has been spotted on eight fire starts in recent weeks. First, in Saint-Privat (Hérault) on May 26, then in recent days in Saint-Jean-de-la-Blaquière (Herault)located 20 km from the light of Gignac. His profile asks: 36 years old, resident from sector, he is also a volunteer firefighter, in charge of forest surveillance.

This makes the profession react. “This dirties the work of the 250,000 firefighters in France. This soils the work of the 650 firefighters who worked all night to put out this fire which covered more than 1,000 hectares“, says General Éric Flores, head of the Sdis from Hérault. The reactions are similar in the streets of Gignac. “I don’t know if people are aware of the consequences that this can have: human lives, fauna, flora“Asks a man. In Ardèche, several police custody are in progress, according to the prosecution. Among them, a man arrested near a start of fire.