5. Forensic science
5.1 Searching for accelerants in fire residues
application supplied by Capitaine Vincent Cuzuel and Lieutenant-Colonel Guillaume Cognon, Institut de Recherche Criminelle de la Gendarmerie Nationale, 5, boulevard de l'Hautil, 95000 Cergy ( [email protected] )
An accelerant is a product used for criminal purposes, to initiate or accelerate combustion. The search for this type of product in fire residues, for the benefit of investigators or magistrates, provides elements for determining the cause, criminal or otherwise, of the fire.
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