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Volunteer firefighter suspected of starting devastating France forest fire

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Prosecutor Diane Ngomsik told AFP news agency that the volunteer firefighter, 18, had initially confessed to “setting fire to twigs with a lighter and petrol” before retracting it.

BFMTV said a second 18-year old man had also been placed under formal investigation – a stage in French criminal procedure which may lead to formal charges and a subsequent trial.

The Fontainebleau forest blaze partially closed the country’s main north-south motorway since it started last Sunday.

President Macron said 10% of the forest had been burned, and hailed the fact that there had been no victims so far.

The forest is home to the Palace and Park of Fontainebleau, a Unesco World Heritage site since 1981.

France has registered nearly 11,000 fires since the beginning of the year.


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