Arrested in Hérault on July 27, 2022, a 37-year-old man admitted to having lit eight fires in his region. The discovery of his identity caused consternation.
It’s consternation. A 37-year-old man was arrested by the gendarmes of Hérault, on the night of July 26 to 27, 2022, in almost flagrante delictoreports the Free lunch. The 30-year-old admitted to having lit multiple fires in this region of the south of France, particularly in the grip of the fires. “He indicated that he was the author of several fires over the past three years in the town where he resides”, declared to the regional daily, Fabrice Bélargent, the prosecutor of the Republic of Montpellier. Among these fires, that of July 26 in Privat, which he would have lit “using a lighter”according to the information of the newspaper.
The arsonist is an arsonist fire soldier
Imprisoned for arson, the accused is not only the one who lit the fuse but he was also one of those who put out the flames. This is’an arsonist fire soldier. Forester and volunteer firefighter, he was also elected to the town hall of Saint-Jean-de-la-Blaquière, in Hérault, reveals Free lunch. This is the urgent need for adrenaline who would have pushed this man to light fires that he was going to put out himself. The prosecutor also claimed that he was looking for “social recognition” and that he would have liked “to extract oneself from an oppressive family environment”.
“He says it’s an addiction like cigarettes, narcotics or alcohol. He needs to light fires, he needs to see fire”explained his lawyer Me Marion Barre to France info. The Montpellier public prosecutor’s office has opened a judicial investigation for “destruction of forests in conditions likely to expose people to bodily harm”, notes the daily. He faces 15 years in prison and a fine of €150,000.