The criminal origin of the terrible Gironde fire of Landiras 1, which ravaged 13,800 hectares of pine trees in 12 days and caused the evacuation of 16,000 people during the summer of 2022, is established... But the author(s) of this devastating fire outbreak, on July 12 of that year, were never found.
Faced with the absence of a suspect, the Bordeaux public prosecutor's office therefore requested that the case be dismissed.
“Despite the numerous assessments and analyzes carried out, the exploitation of all the lines of inquiry envisaged, the investigations carried out and the police custody ordered, the investigations carried out did not make it possible to attribute responsibility for this fire to anyone”
, specifies Frédérique Porterie, the public prosecutor, confirming information from
Sud Ouest
.
The investigating judge must still issue his order in this judicial information, opened on July 22, 2022, and thus confirm or deny the requisitions of the Bordeaux public prosecutor's office.