Fatal fire in Céret: two months after the tragedy, a suspect was indicted and explained that he had “an impulse”

Intervention des pompiers à Céret le jour de l'incendie. TIMOTHÉ BRIÈRE

Au mois de novembre dernier, deux personnes avaient perdu la vie à Céret, dans les Pyrénées-Orientales. Cette semaine, un homme a reconnu être à l'origine de l'incendie mortel.

Confessions. On the night of November 19 to 20, two men died in a fire in Céret, near Perpignan in the Pyrénées-Orientales. The gendarmes of the department's group and the Montpellier research section finally concluded that the fire was criminal in origin, reports Le Parisien .

"An impulse"

The accidental trail was ruled out after video surveillance images showed a man leaving the scene very quickly after the appearance of smoke, and this in a suspicious manner. Although it took hard work on the part of investigators, they were finally able to identify the individual.

He is a 20-year-old man, already known to the police for a traffic offense, according to Jean-David Cavaillé, public prosecutor of Perpignan. The latter was arrested this morning in the city by the gendarmes.

While in police custody, the suspect confessed to being behind the fire. Regarding his motivations, he explained that he "had an impulse" and therefore committed the disaster. As a result, the man was indicted for "willful destruction by dangerous means resulting in death", and faces a sentence of life imprisonment, explains the daily.

Terrible drama

During the night from Sunday to Monday, November 20, a fire broke out in a multi-story building in the historic city center, at 44 rue Saint-Ferréol, killing two people. The building being partially destroyed, an expert should go to the site in the coming days, indicates France Bleu.

In this fire, two people lost their lives, around ten managed to be rescued, while others struggled to escape the flames.

Among the victims, a 31-year-old man and a second aged 55. The two men, living alone on the second and third floor of the building, were said to have been asphyxiated during their sleep, indicates France Bleu.