The fire mobilized around thirty firefighters on rue Paganini -
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He is suspected of having deliberately started the fire at the Hotel Azurea, rue Paganini, a stone's throw from Nice Thiers train station.
This man, who had been arrested by the municipal police, was "indicted for several offenses", specifies
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the public prosecutor of Nice.
Among them, "repeated destruction by means dangerous for people".
He was remanded in custody.
This alleged arsonist would therefore not be his first similar offense.
Saturday evening, he would have intentionally caused the violent fire during which an occupant of the hotel, a Japanese national precise Nice-Matin, had jumped from the 6th floor.
Seriously injured by his fall and rushed to the Pasteur hospital, his vital prognosis is no longer engaged on Tuesday, indicates the Nice prosecutor's office.
The incident, which had mobilized 30 firefighters, was impressive, with flames spreading to the roof of the building.
All the occupants of the hotel had to be evacuated during the emergency response.
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