Overview
- The blaze broke out around 3:50 p.m. on February 11 in a rented garage box on rue Anatole France in the station quarter of Saint-André-le-Gaz.
- A 9-year-old child and a 22-year-old man were found dead, while the child's 41-year-old stepfather suffered burns to an arm and was hospitalized.
- The Bourgoin-Jallieu prosecutor opened an investigation in flagrante for involuntary homicide and assigned the case to the La Tour-du-Pin gendarmerie.
- Early findings favor an accidental cause linked to mechanical repairs on a vehicle in the box, with initial on-site examinations conducted once the fire was contained.
- An autopsy was ordered for the victims and a fire expertise was commissioned with the National Forensic Science Service, and authorities said the garage was rented by residents of Savoie.