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Three ONF staff members detained over large wildfire in Corbières: investigation resumed Three employees of the National Forestry Office (Office national des forêts, ONF) have been detained in connection with the large wildfire that devastated parts of the Corbières region, investigators said on Thursday, as prosecutors reopen the probe into the origin of the blaze. The arrests come after renewed questions about whether the fire, which consumed thousands of hectares of scrubland and forest and forced hundreds to evacuate in late summer, could have been linked to faulty maintenance or accidental ignition during forestry work. Officials gave few details, citing the ongoing investigation, but said the detainees are suspected of having “been involved in acts likely to have caused or facilitated the start” of the fire. The probe, initially opened for “accidental destruction by fire,” was reclassified after new elements emerged, an investigating source said. Local authorities and residents had previously criticized the coordination and timing of some preventive measures. The ONF, responsible for managing state forests and related land, said it was cooperating fully with investigators. Firefighters and investigators have been painstakingly reconstructing the sequence of events, including weather conditions, the state of undergrowth and equipment used on the day the fire began. No official conclusion has yet been published about the precise cause. The renewed investigation and the detentions are likely to fuel debate about responsibility and safety practices in forest management, particularly as climate change increases the frequency and intensity of such fires across Mediterranean France.
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