32 year old man arrested Alicante by their agents National Police and Local Police He was accused of setting fire to two containers just 40 minutes apart and trying to set fire to Monte Tossal.
Police intervention took place around half past nine in the morning on the day of the incident. New year. Agents of both police departments were also alerted 112 Because an urban container with plastic containers was burning on Pintor Velázquez Street. According to the National Police, fire crews also went to the scene and extinguished the fire as it was about to reach the nearest houses.
While the patrols are there Pintor Velázquez Street received another report of a fire in another plastic container. Master Knight Street, is located a short distance away. Fire and police officers responded to this new incident, and while some extinguished the fire, agents began searching for the arsonist after one of the Local Police agents observed a man in the area acting suspiciously.
When approximately 40 minutes had passed since the initial container fire, the National Police patrol located the suspicious male near Monte Tossal, and the suspicious male changed direction when he noticed the police presence and ignored police requests.
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However, the suspect was shot and several passersby alerted Police to a fire in the wooded area of Monte Tossal, in the direction the man had come from. Man carried a lighter Besides being in your pocket soot stained hands. Once he was identified, they confirmed that he had committed similar acts before and proceeded to arrest him for criminal damage.
The fire that broke out on Mount Tossal was first brought under control by National Police and Local Police officers, and then by the same firefighters who tried to extinguish the fire in the second container. The Provincial Police Department states that if he had not been at the scene, the damage could have been extensive and serious. swift police action.
Police are trying to clarify whether the detainee was the cause of the fire that broke out in other containers in Alicante a few days ago. After the procedures are completed, the suspect will be handed over to the court on duty.