A man was taken into custody as part of the investigation into the fire in part of the forest in Anglet on July 30, France Bleu Pyrénées-Atlantiques said . According to our colleague, the accused man resides in a home and bragged about his malicious act to his comrades. An educator would have heard it and would have summoned it, before informing the justice.
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" In view of the new elements revealed by the investigation entrusted to the Judicial Police of Bayonne in the context of the fire in the forest of Chiberta " the prosecution has opened a judicial investigation, he said in the press release. The public prosecutor will hold a press conference this Friday at 6 p.m.
The violent fire, which required the intervention of 150 firefighters, destroyed 165 hectares of the Chiberta forest. If no casualties are to be deplored, the flames destroyed 5 houses in a subdivision located nearby. About 20 people were hospitalized for smoke-related poisoning problems, but not serious. The investigation was opened in the wake of the Bayonne prosecutor's office, who recalled that " even in the absence of intentionality ", the destruction of forest can constitute an offense punishable by 5 to 7 years of imprisonment.