A 68-year-old man has been handcuffed by fier police after allegedly setting fire to the forest in the village of Lipmadh.
The 68-year-old allegedly started a fire for opening pastures in the forest of the village of Lipid, and as a result of the spread of the flames, due to the wind, 40 hectares of vegetation were burned.
Fire services, along with residents of the area, have made it possible to extinguish the flames, which fortunately did not put the lives of residents at risk.
Police notification:
It ignited a fire for opening pastures in the forest of the village of Lipmadh, and as a result of the spread of the flames, due to the wind, 40 hectares of vegetation were burned, thanks to the immediate reaction and professional work of the police services, identified and arrested in flagrant form.
Yesterday, immediately after receiving the notification of a fire in the forest mass of the village of Lipmadh, Fier, the Police services organized the work and immediately went to this village, where after 10 hours, in cooperation with the fire service, they made it possible to extinguish the fire.
Following the investigative actions to identify and place before legal responsibility the perpetrator of this arson case, based on informational intelligence, specialists for the Investigation of crimes of the Fier Police Commissioner arrested in flagranto the citizen I.K., 68, resident in Cakran, Fier.
This citizen is suspected of having started a fire for opening pastures, in the forest of the village of Lipmadh, and due to the wind blowing, the fire has spread and as a result 40 hectares of land with various vegetation and 100 olive trees, owned by some residents of this village, were burned.
The Local Police Directorate of Fier appeals to citizens not to start fires in any case, as this action constitutes a crime and is penally punished, and invites them to denounce in number 112 any such case, with the aim of immediate intervention for the extinguishing of the fires and criminal prosecution of the responsible citizens.