Thibault Nadal and Nina Droff 7:45 p.m., July 28, 2022

Since the beginning of the summer, France has been subject to multiple fires.

In nine out of ten cases, the fires are of human origin.

A theory that has been verified recently in the Hérault and Ardèche where two firefighters have admitted to having set fire voluntarily.

For Europe 1, the psychiatrist Mickaël Morlet-Rivelli tries to profile these arsonists.

This is a hard justification to believe.

Twenty-four hours after being arrested, a man who works as a volunteer firefighter admitted to being the cause of six fires in the Hérault in recent months.

According to a press release from the public prosecutor of Montpellier, the man confessed to wanting to "cause firefighters to intervene in order to get out of an oppressive family environment or because of the excitement that the interventions caused him. “, before evoking a form of “adrenaline” to light fires with lighters.

Pyromaniacs with various profiles in search of excitement

Faced with this justification, the question of the profile of these arsonists resurfaces.

Why do they cause fires that endanger the local vegetation, the inhabitants and especially the firefighters.

For psychiatrist Mickaël Morlet-Rivelli, arsonists are "looking for excitement, for the fulfillment of a desire that will result in the destruction of property by fire", he explains at the microphone. Europe 1.

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"Personality disorder is the number one comorbidity among arsonists"

For this psychiatrist, these acts are above all well thought out: "It is an ignition that is deliberate and thoughtful. There is a pleasure, a gratification, even a relief when he lights the fire", he explains.

But for him, there is no similarity between all these arsonists.

"There is no typical profile in the arsonist, we will see very varied social, economic and professional backgrounds. Personality disorder is the number one comorbidity among individuals convicted of arsonism," adds -he.

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"These are people who have an extremely restricted relationship with the law, who tolerate frustration poorly and who are not concerned with the consequences of their actions and who have fairly impulsive behavioral dynamics, which does not mean that it is not thought out, but the action is often sudden and intense", concludes Mickaël Morlet-Rivelli.