15-Year-Old Detained over Deadly French Forest Fire
- A 15-year-old was detained and is under juvenile investigation for allegedly starting a forest fire near Bordeaux that killed two firefighters on July 21.
- The fire near Bordeaux grew to 42,000 hectares, destroyed 240 homes, and forced the evacuation of 220,000 people during the tourist season.
- Since the start of the fire season, 474 suspects including at least 175 minors have been arrested for deliberately setting fires.
- Firefighter unions met Interior Minister Laurent Nunez and threatened strikes in September, citing anger over firefighter deaths and insufficient resources.
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During the fifth heatwave plaguing France this year, all monthly heat records are being broken. A record number of people have also been arrested for 'intentional and unintentional arson': since the beginning of the summer, 474 people have been arrested, 183 of whom are minors.
Nine out of ten fire starts are related to human behaviour, with lightning accounting for a large share for the remaining 10%. The biggest fires of the season in France are accidental, according to the first survey evidence.
What Awaits the 474 People Arrested So Far Over France’s Summer Fires
PARIS—The fire that ignited on July 22 in Saumos, a village in the pine forests northwest of Bordeaux, grew within days into the summer’s largest blaze in France. Before it was stabilized, it had swept across 42,000 hectares (about 104,000 acres), destroyed some 240 homes, and forced the preventive evacuation of roughly 220,000 people from 23 towns at the height of the tourist season, according to the Gironde prefecture. More than 230 firefighte…
La Dépêche du Midi invites you to follow the news about the fires in France during this day of Friday 14 August.
Four departments, Mayenne, Indre-et-Loire, Indre and Deux-Sèvres, are placed in red watch on Friday, while a fire remains active in the Landes. On the heat front, 75 departments remain in heat orange vigilance, but a refreshment begins from the west. Follow our direct.
In France, a 15-year-old boy has been arrested in connection with the death of two firefighters last month. They were trapped by fire near Bordeaux airport and lost their lives. The firefighters responded to a report of a fire in a pine forest on July 21. The fire was not very large, but it spread quickly, causing the two 34-year-old men to become trapped by the flames and die. An investigation into the cause of the fire is underway. The 22-ye…
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