Two teenage boys suspected of starting one of the many wildfires in southeastern France and Corsica have been freed without any charges reported ABC News.
France is currently experiencing one of the worst fires in over a decade, over 7,000 hectares (17,300 acres) have been scorched.
Most of the fire has been tamed, but authorities warned on Friday, July 28, that the danger is far from over, reported The Washington Post.
The two boys, both aged 16, were seen close to the fire and were suspected of causing the fire in Carro, west of Marseille, that burned 150 hectares (370 acres) of land.
They appeared before an investigating magistrate on Friday, but the judge determined there were “no grave and concordant” indications they had a direct role in the fire, Aix-en-Provence Deputy Police Prosecutor Remy Avon told ABC News.
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