Early on Saturday morning, November 7, a fire destroyed a police officer's home in Auch, in the Gers. Firefighters from the department were mobilized to fight a residential fire on the outskirts of the city.
The house was completely destroyed by the flames, despite the intervention of the fire services. The fire was subsequently brought under control. No injuries were reported.
No public information specifies, at this stage, the identity of the police officer or that of any suspects. Only the deliberate nature of the fire is, for now, being retained by investigators.
The union Unité zone sud, which is offering its support to its colleague, says for its part that the police officer was allegedly targeted in retaliation.
What might at first have seemed a simple house fire has taken another turn. At this stage, investigators are favoring the criminal hypothesis: the origin of the blaze would not be accidental.
The investigation is under way. It must establish the exact circumstances of the fire and confirm, or not, the motive put forward by the minister.