Brest
Whether they are children of the coast or absolute landowners, the Bretons, and particularly the Finisterians, are in mourning: the heart of the Arrée mountains, in the Armorique regional natural park, continues to burn.
In total, according to the latest situation update from the Finistère prefecture, Wednesday morning, 1,725 hectares of land were devastated.
The Quimper prosecutor's office opened two investigations, one of which was for "deliberate destruction by fire".
The two fires started on Monday
"are definitely of human origin"
and the
"criminal nature of the fire affecting the Brennilis site"
is "
manifest due to the observation of two fire starts 30 meters apart
", underlined the Quimper prosecutor, Carine Halley.
The brutal heat wave which assailed the department on Monday - up to 41 ° C - did not favor things.
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