Experts believe one-third of wildfires in France are set deliberately, with arson the biggest single cause of forest fires last year One is a boy of 15, who threw a burning cigarette into a wood near Bordeaux. Another is a 36-year-old man who set a paper bag of rubbish on fire in bushes near Per...
Source: [Guardian International](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/13/france-confronts-arson-problem-after-devastating-summer-of-wildfires)