A 36-year-old woman admitted to having deliberately set fire to her building on October 29 in Essey-lès-Nancy (Meurthe-et-Moselle), a fire which had killed one person, we learned Thursday, December 29 from of the parquet floor of Nancy.
The alleged arsonist, aged 36, "
who seems to present certain fragilities
", admitted Wednesday afternoon "
having voluntarily set fire to a cardboard box in the outbuildings of the building
", Stéphane Javet told AFP. , deputy public prosecutor at the Nancy court, confirming information from the online media here-c-nancy.
The woman "
admitted to having done the same the day before, October 28, 2022
", added the magistrate.
The investigation, led by the territorial management of the judicial police of Nancy, very quickly turned towards the criminal track.
Application for remand in custody
The person in question must appear before an examining magistrate Thursday at the beginning of the afternoon with a view to his indictment for "
destruction of the property of others by a means dangerous for the persons having caused death
", a qualification subject to the assize court.
The prosecution requested that he be remanded in custody.
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On October 29, a violent fire partially destroyed a six-storey apartment building in Essey-lès-Nancy.
The emergency services had been alerted at midday and significant resources, including around sixty firefighters, had been deployed to rescue the inhabitants.
A 98-year-old woman, evacuated from her apartment in cardio-respiratory arrest, was declared dead after being taken care of by the SMUR.
According to the prosecution, three other fire starts have been observed during the previous 18 months in this building located in the town of 8,700 inhabitants, east of Nancy.