Ardèche: a breeder dies following poorly controlled burning. Burn-out is a common practice in agriculture, and consists of burning the vegetation present on a plot before putting it into cultivation.
The ashes produced serve as fertilizer for the earth. Fifty-two firefighters and dog teams were involved in this operation. The investigation was entrusted to the Thueyts territorial brigade. The man would have been poisoned by the smoke according to the firefighters' initial findings, added the gendarmerie source.