Police in Spain arrest four people over new forest fires, taking summer total to 30
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Firefighters trying to control a forest fire in Spain's Galicia region on Aug 13.
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- Spanish investigators arrested four more people suspected of starting forest fires, bringing the summer total to 30.
- Three arrests were in Castile and Leon, where fires devastated 40,000 hectares; one suspect is linked to 3,000 hectares burned.
- Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska stated 25 others were detained this summer, with many fires started intentionally.
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MADRID - Spanish investigators said on Aug 14 they had arrested four people suspected of starting forest fires, taking the total number of accused this summer to 30.
Three of the latest arrests were in the north-west Castile and Leon region where about 40,000 hectares of land has been devastated by fire, the civil guard said.
Two volunteers have died battling the flames
One man was detained Aug 14 over a fire in which 3,000 hectares of land burned around Puercas de Aliste in Castile and Leon, the civil guard said.
Another suspect was arrested on Aug 13 over six forest fires between July 19 and Aug 3 around the southern resort of Malaga.
“Some of these fires were started very close to homes,” said a civil guard statement.
Spain’s Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska told RAC1 radio on Aug 13 that 25 other people had been detained for starting fires this summer and that many had been intentional. AFP
