Serial arson: terror in Champétières | M6 | 66 minutes

For months the 250 inhabitants of this tiny commune in the Puy-de-Dôme haven’t dared to leave their homes for fear they will be burned down in their absence. In the streets, wary glances and suspicious theories are rife: who is the arsonist who is terrorizing the village? In less than seven months, a dozen fires have been started. Michel and Viviane, alone, have been subject to five arson attacks, one on their very doorstep. So far, there are no victims to mourn apart from a few animals and yet Marcelle and her husband very nearly lost their lives in the fire that swept through the farmhouse where they had lived for 50 years. Despite the presence of video surveillance cameras and the latest alarm systems, the mystery continues and the population is anxious. Especially as the case has just taken on a new dimension with five fresh outbreaks of fire in a single weekend. Who is this determined arsonist and how far will he go? Will the inhabitants of Champétières and the gendarmes in charge of the inquiry succeed in stopping him before someone perishes in the flames? An investigation on the trail of the serial burner” of Champétières.”