Since the beginning of summer, 402 people suspected of involvement in forest fires have been arrested in France, including 156 minors.
According to “Elchi”, citing French media, this was announced by French Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez at a press conference.
“To date, security forces have arrested 402 people in connection with fires caused intentionally or through negligence,” he said.
According to the information, 14,000 fire incidents have been recorded in the country since the beginning of summer, and the flames have destroyed 120,000 hectares of land. A fire has been ongoing in the Var department for two weeks now, and one thousand firefighters have been involved in extinguishing it.
An “orange” weather alert level has been declared in 16 departments due to the heat. According to meteorologists, high temperatures in France will continue until Friday.