The Mossos d’Esquadra They arrested this Saturday morning men of 25 years as alleged perpetrator of up to five fires In the town of Ships (Solsones). Police sources report that the arrested person, in principle, has no relation to the great fire that already devastates 2,000 hectares in Artesa de Segre (Noguera). But they have not specified whether it is related to the fires that have affected the region of Solsonesthose of lladurs Y Castellar de la Riberaalready stabilized, but which have forced the deployment of a broad device of the emergency services.
The first fire was recorded around 4:55 a.m., when a neighbor who was traveling by car to Berga He has seen the man walking along the road, very close to where a fire had been registered. She has stopped him and asked about the incident, but he has told her that he did not know anything about the fire. At that time, the driver has warned through a WhatsApp group shared by the residents of the town about the situation.
A little later, some firemen who came from cardona they have seen who could be the same suspect. At that time, several neighbors, including the mayor, had already activated to put out the flames. Listening to the description made by the firefighters of the alleged perpetrator, they had no doubts: “I myself have suspected,” the mayor, Josep Maria Casafont, told ACN.
Hiding in a shed in a field
From there a search for the man has been organized. “Finally, we found him in a vacant lot where years ago there had been a barbecue area and which is now out of service. He was hiding inside a shed,” Casafont has detailed.
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The neighbors have held him until the Mossos d’Esquadra have arrived, who have arrested him and taken him to police stations. “He has surprised us a lot, we are living through the fires and the peasants still have everything to cultivate,” lamented the mayor. In addition, the members of the Fire Brigade and the Rural Agents have detected other four points starting fire on the mount.
Complaint against the arrested
The City Council will file a complaint against the man for the damage caused and the alarm that his action has generated at a time when the peasantry of the area is working in forced marches to prevent the advance of the fire and protect the crops.