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Human Remains Found in Burned Loire-Atlantique Hangar as Search for Missing 13-Year-Old Continues

Forensic identification is underway at the medico-legal institute to confirm the identity and clarify the cause.

Overview

  • Prosecutor Florence Sroda said remains were recovered Tuesday from the debris of the Campbon agricultural hangar that burned on Sunday.
  • Authorities have not confirmed the identity, though investigators regard a link to the missing boy as a leading hypothesis pending analyses in the coming days.
  • An inquiry for involuntary destruction by fire is open for the hangar blaze, and a separate investigation seeks to establish the cause of death.
  • The missing child, Erwan, 13, failed to return from a Sunday bike outing with two 14-year-old friends near the site in Campbon.
  • Local reports say the youths set off small firecrackers near a hangar storing about 400 round hay bales; initial firefighting searches found no body and the secured scene remains under gendarmerie investigation.