A man in his forties was arrested and taken into custody on Thursday as part of an investigation into the fire in an apartment in Saint-Maurice-l'Exil (Isère).
The fire had taken the evening of April 8 in the duplex accommodation where no one was.
There were no casualties, reports
Le Dauphiné Libéré
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Several fire starts
The investigations quickly focused on the criminal trail.
After the intervention of the firefighters to bring the fire under control, the investigators had indeed noted multiple fire starts in the accommodation.
The arrested suspect is the ex-companion of the occupant of the apartment.
He would have acted in retaliation following the separation of the couple, which he would not have accepted.
After his arrest and his placement in police custody, the forties should be presented to the Vienne prosecutor's office (Isère) this Friday.
She dies after the fire in her apartment, her ex-companion suspected
Justice
Sarthe: Sentenced to one year in prison for having burned the house of his companion, gone to his lover
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