Sûreté du Québec Sgt. Hugues Beaulieu says police were assisted by behaviour analysis experts, criminal profilers and forensic psychologists in their investigation.
“We’ll see what’s said in court on this,” Cyr said. “But the big fires that caused the evacuation were caused by lightning.”
However, Paré is accused of deliberately starting fires at a time when the government had temporarily banned open-air fires and forbade people from entering the forests.
Quebec saw an unprecedented forest fire season this year, with almost 15,000 square kilometres burned.
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