Man arrested over fire in Paris park
Officers arrested 23-year-old man in Paris after he allegedly admitted he intended to set fire to one of the French capital’s largest parks, a police source said on July 18.
Police were called late July 17 to a blaze at the Bois de Boulogne park and found a fire spreading from a pile of brushwood to a tree trunk, the source said.
Officers put out the flames with fire extinguishers before they could spread further, but around one square meter of vegetation was burned.
A man at the scene told police he had intended to set the western Paris park alight and was taken into custody. Prosecutors said on July 18 his detention had been extended.
