The church then the village hall. In a few hours, Château-la-Vallière recorded two outbreaks of fire on central places in the life of this town of some 1,800 inhabitants located north-west of Indre-et-Loire. In the village hall, a curtain burnt down on the night of Monday 27th to Tuesday 28th December. A few hours earlier, the Christmas crib installed in the church was on fire. “The church, I think it’s going to mark people. Whatever their beliefs, it is still a special place. This calls out, obviously“reacts the mayor (LR) of Château-la-Vallière, Jean-Claude Gauthier.”We have to do with it, let the gendarmerie work quietly.” An investigation is underway.
Two other fire starts in 15 days
According to our information, the criminal track is privileged for these two fires, to which must be added two other fire starts in December. One on an uninhabited house, the other in a barn, the mayor tells us. If it is too early to confirm the criminal trail for these two fires, the hypothesis of a series cannot be excluded. The on-site investigations by the gendarmerie continued on Tuesday, December 28. “If some people have items, let us know. I don’t really believe in it but you never know“concludes the mayor.