A fire broke out at the Sète administrative detention center in Hérault on the afternoon of Wednesday March 27. About twenty people were present. Three police officers were slightly injured.
A fire broke out on Wednesday March 27, 2024 at the CRA (Sète administrative detention center) shortly before 5 p.m. Border police agents and around twenty detainees, or around forty people, were present at the time of the disaster.
According to our information, an inmate, who had hidden a lighter, set fire to a mattress and caused the fire.
“The flames had started to spread. indicates a witness from the scene to France 3 Occitanie
Three police officers disturbed by the flames were slightly injured. They were hospitalized in the emergency room.
The fire was quickly brought under control by the Hérault firefighters. The man suspected of starting the fire is in police custody for arson, indicates Bruno Bartocetti, zonal manager of the SGP Unit police union. FO.
