The criminal track is “privileged” following the fires which broke out on Wednesday in the Ardèche department, indicated the public prosecutor of Privas, according to whom one or more police custody would be “in progress”.
The criminal track is “privileged” following the fires which broke out on Wednesday in the Ardèche department, indicated the public prosecutor of Privas, according to whom one or more police custody would be “in progress”. “Hats off to the firefighters on the fire in South Ardèche: commitment and courage in the service of the population. Privileged criminal track, GAV (police custody, editor’s note) in progress”, indicated the prosecution on Twitter, without further details in the ‘immediate.
900 hectares ravaged
According France 3 Auvergne Rhone Alpes, the Aubenas gendarmerie said they arrested a suspect near a fire, who was taken into custody. On board his vehicle, the gendarmes found material which “could incriminate him”. Several fires broke out on Wednesday around 10 a.m. around Aubenas. They had covered some 900 hectares at the start of the evening despite the efforts of the 600 firefighters deployed on the spot. At the end of the evening, one of the three lights remained very threatening.
A fire still not fixed
“As unfortunately, we have a situation of significant drought, high heat and then wind, the fire progressed very quickly, grew in size and progressed south towards (the village of) Vogüe where it n is still not fixed,” said the prefect of the department, Thierry Devimeux, at the end of the afternoon.
The firefighters are trying to prevent it from reaching the village and spreading across the Ardèche river where there are large areas of scrubland.