West Flemish Man Faces Heavier Prison Sentence After Apartment Building Fire: “A Gas Buildup? Why Wasn't There an Explosion Then?”

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“He even tried to put out the fire with a bucket of water. And he helped evacuate the other residents.” A man in his thirties from Wevelgem in West Flanders was sentenced to a prison term last year for unintentional arson, but must appear before the Court of Appeal in Ghent today. The Public Prosecution Service suspects that Martyn C. deliberately caused the flames in his apartment. C. himself? He maintains it was an unfortunate coincidence, wit…