He sets fire to bags of fertilizer at the agricultural cooperative: the alleged arsonist imprisoned before his immediate trial

Suspected of having started a fire on the Qualisol company site in Lavit on October 27, a 32-year-old man was placed in pre-trial detention at the Beausoleil remand center. in Montauban at the end of his hearing on Wednesday.

Assisted by his lawyer, Me Imane Krimi, the accused, prosecuted for destruction by dangerous means, will be judged during an immediate appearance set for Monday, November 4.

He sets fire to bags of fertilizer

Sunday around 5 p.m., alerted by smoke, the firefighters intervened on the factory site, route de Castelsarrasin.

After reconnaissance, the emergency services discovered that the fire was coming from a steel skip containing Big-Bags (large bags) of fertilizer. The arsonist deliberately ripped open some of the bags. Fertilizer then spread on the ground of the Lavit company parking lot. The arsonist also opened the tank of a construction machine to set it on fire. Luckily, firefighters were able to quickly contain the flames.

On the scene, a person then provides valuable information to the police to confuse the suspect. The latter, after an altercation with his partner, was forced to leave his home shortly before the events. Alcoholic, he then “let off steam” on the site of the agricultural cooperative.

Arrested, the thirty-year-old ended up admitting the facts while in police custody. However, this confession is partial, because he maintains that he did not want to set fire to the dumpster, claiming to have simply thrown a cigarette butt in it, while refuting that he set fire to construction equipment.