He was arrested shortly after the incident. A 37-year-old man was indicted and placed in pre-trial detention on Saturday following the discovery, Thursday evening, of two charred bodies after a caravan fire in Franconville (Val-d'Oise), it was announced. learned Monday from the Pontoise public prosecutor's office.
The suspect is being prosecuted for attempted homicide, drunken homicide and damage to private property by fire resulting in death, according to details provided by the public prosecutor. Denying his responsibility, “he did not seem concerned by the death of the two people,” the prosecution told AFP.
Caravans “completely ablaze”
Thursday evening, firefighters intervened shortly after 8:30 p.m. on private land, located in a small street in Franconville, where “the caravans were completely engulfed in flames”, according to a police source.
The intervention by 22 firefighters lasted several hours and it was during the clearing that they discovered the two charred bodies in the rubble. The town hall of the town of 38,000 inhabitants, which deplores “the tragedy”, did not wish to make any statement.
