The man who was taken into police custody on Monday afternoon as part of the investigation into the fire in Landiras (Gironde), which burned almost 13,000 hectares of forest in a week, had already been heard for similar facts in 2012, we learned from the Bordeaux prosecutor’s office. .
He was suspecteddestruction of the forest with incendiary material“In the case finally closed in 2014”.in the absence of evidence“Said the prosecution, noting that the defendant is 39-year-old Girondi, who lives near Landiras. “He is not explaining the facts at this time and has not made a spontaneous confession“, the prosecution explained. His custody will be extended on Tuesday.
Another fire breaks out, in the same area, on the same day
According to a press release from Bordeaux prosecutor Frédéric Porterier issued Monday evening, the results of the investigation “accredit an intentional malicious act“One of two wildfires at the start of the Landiras fire, along with the La Teste-de-Buch fire, which has destroyed more than 19,000 hectares and forced more than 34,000 people, residents and holidaymakers to evacuate their homes since July. 12 in the Gironde.
According to the prosecutor.on July 12, at 4:25 p.m., the mechanic traveling with his daughter (…) noticed (…) the car parked on the side of the road, which quickly left before his eyes. Upon reaching the parking lot, the witness noticed that the fire was spreading. He stopped and tried in vain to turn it off– explains the prosecutor. Investigators have contacted this incident and “other fire outbreaks observed in the same area on the same day but at different times“, also “for”Three more fires were reported between July 13 and 15“, “quickly surrounded“. Nevertheless, “It remains to use the hints to eliminate or maintain the same author’s thesisFrederick Porter says again.
During the investigation of the other fire in La Teste-de-Buch, near Arcachon, the facts:are not criminal in nature and are unintentionally part of the context of the crime“, with a van equipped with a garbage can, which crashed and caught fire. It will take an examination to find outthe mechanical condition of the vehicle and its state of maintenance prior to the onset of the accidentas soon as it becomes available.
Source: Le Figaro
