The man is suspected of being the cause of several fire starts in the Landiras sector but is not, at this stage, suspected of being the cause of the main fire start, franceinfo has learned.
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The suspect placed in police custody on Monday July 18 as part of the investigation into the origin of the Landiras forest fire (Gironde) is a 39-year-old man, from and resident of the Gironde department, who had already been heard for similar facts in 2012, learned France Bleu Gironde and franceinfo from the Bordeaux prosecutor’s office.
This man, during the hearing, does not explain the facts, specifies the prosecution to France Bleu Gironde. He had already been heard for acts of forest destruction by incendiary substance in August 2012 but the procedure, for lack of evidence, was finally the subject of a classification for unknown author in 2014, indicates the parquet floor of Bordeaux.
The man is suspected of being the cause of several fire starts in the Landiras sector but is not, at this stage, suspected of being the cause of the main fire start, franceinfo learned from source close to the investigation. 12,800 hectares burned in the Landiras fire according to the latest point from the Gironde prefecture on Monday evening. The prosecution favors the “criminal thesis” to explain the outbreak of this fire.