A volunteer firefighter, suspected of being the cause of several fires, was arrested on the night of Tuesday July 26 to Wednesday July 27 and placed in police custody. The departmental fire and rescue service of Hérault (Sdis 34) reacted in the evening in a press release.
We know a little more about the alleged arsonist arrested in the Hérault last night. In a press release, Sdis 34 confirmed that it was indeed a volunteer firefighter “from the Saint-Jean-de-Blaquière rescue center”, “that he is the subject of voluntary damage by fire” and that “investigations are continuing”.
Facts “separate from the major fire that raged yesterday in the municipalities of Gignac, Aumelas and Saint-Bauzylle-de-la-Sylve”, specifies the prosecutor, but which prompted the Sdis de l’Hérault to suspend the firefighter concerned as a precaution.
firm condemnation
“The Prefect of Hérault, President Kléber Mesquida, as well as Comptroller General Eric Florès, Head of the Departmental Corps of Firefighters of Hérault and Director of SDIS, condemn with the greatest firmness such unacceptable, intolerable actions. and inadmissible,” the statement continued.
The latter also pays a “strong tribute to the daily action of the 4,200 personnel of the departmental corps of firefighters in Hérault and the 250,000 firefighters in France who work daily for the benefit of our fellow citizens and who risk their lives fighting against fires, especially on yesterday’s.”