A professional sapper forester admitted to being the author of several fire starts in the Hérault this Thursday, July 28, while a fire ravaged this Wednesday nearly 1000 hectares of vegetation near Montpellier.
He faces up to 15 years in prison. Arrested on the night of Tuesday to Wednesday July 27, a volunteer firefighter admitted this Thursday to being the author of several fire starts in the Hérault, in particular near the town of Saint-Jean-de-la-Blaquière. At the end of his police custody, he ended up giving in to confession, and admitted “having caused, by using a lighter”, a fire on July 26, 2022 in Privat, that noted on July 21 in Saint-Jean -de-La-Blaquière” and four others in the week, details Free lunch.
The suspect explained that he acted “for the adrenaline” caused by the intervention of the firefighters. A member of the local barracks, he officiated as a professional sapper forester. In search of “social recognition”, he would have liked to “extract himself from an oppressive family environment”, explains the prosecutor to our colleagues.
Indicted for “destruction of forests in conditions likely to expose people to bodily harm”, he faces a sentence of 15 years’ imprisonment and a fine of €150,000. The arsonist is also not responsible of the main fire that ravaged the region near Aumelas Wednesday and destroyed nearly 900 hectares.