The Civil Guard has arrested a fire extinguishing worker for provoking the fire that swept some 2,200 hectares in the fire which was declared on July 28 between Cuevas del Valle and Mombeltrán, south of the province of Ávila. The armed institute works with the hypothesis that the detainee, which He has recognized the facts, is linked to “labor interests.”
The arrested, as assumption responsible for an intentional forest fire – which forced Confine the municipalities of El Arenal and Mombeltrán Twice – he is a neighbor in the area, he reported The Government delegate in Castilla y León, Nicanor Sen, in statements sent to the media.
He man arrested has been made available to Court of First Instance and Instruction of Guard in Arenas de San Pedro (Ávila)as well as the Provincial Prosecutor of Environment and Urbanism.
Video capture showing road cuts in ZA-P 2554, for a fire in the vicinity
After emerging The fire at 23.10 on July 28, about 300 meters from the N-502 (Ávila-Córdoba), between the municipal terms of Cuevas del Valle and Mombeltrán, The flames spread very quickly, helped by the wind and the steep terrainalso affecting the municipalities of El Arenal and Arenas de San Pedro.
This complicated situation forced to close several roads and decree level 2 of the potential gravity index (IGR-2), being necessary to activate the Military Emergency Unit (UME) and confine two partially two locations: The sand and mombeltrán.
The Technical-Ocular Inspection carried out by the SEPRONA, next to the Forest Fire Research Brigade (BIIF) From the Junta de Castilla y León, he revealed “clear indications of intentionality,” according to the Government Subdelegation.
Therefore, On July 30 the investigation beganwhich included the taking of statements to residents of the area, as well as the analysis of several lines of investigation through a multidisciplinary team, with several units of the Civil Guard of Ávila.
Civil Guard Seprona agents
Police investigations focused on a man whom the Civil Guard identified on July 31 when he headed to Cuevas del Valle and executed “evasive maneuvers” when he noticed the police presence.
Then, after collecting sufficient signs and evidence, He was taken in police headquartersuntil he finally confessed to having caused the fire.
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According to the investigations, Motivation can be linked to labor interestssince the detainee worked in his day in extinction and obtained again work 10 days after the fire originated.
As a consequence of this fire, The same night in which he declared a 58 -year -old device worker, El Arenal neighbor, to suffer an accident when he headed towards the operation in his car, at the height of El Hornillo.
The fact that The fire arose at 23.10 in this area, which in 2009 already suffered another fire that devastated 4,200 hectares and the lives of two people becamemade that from the Junta de Castilla y León a pointed to intentionality. The burning area is still monitored by a pomb.
