ARCHIVED - Arsonist behind fires at protected Serra Gelada natural site in Benidorm faces 4 years in prison
The defendant set three different fires, destroying 2.5 hectares of vegetation in the Costa Blanca resort
An arsonist who torched a large section of Benidorm's Mirador de Sierra Helada natural site faces four years in prison and a 7,200 euro fine.
Sentencing is expected to take place this week, and the Prosecutors' Office has requested harsh penalties for the deliberate blazes sparked in June 2022.
The defendant set separate fires in three different locations in the popular natural area, razing to the ground 2.5 hectares of shrubland and pine trees.
According to fire sources last summer, despite a strong westerly wind, the accused sparked blazes close to several homes, and the flames were fed by the gusts, hampering firefighters' efforts to quell the inferno.
When he was arrested in connection with the wild fires shortly afterwards, the defendant was carrying tools "necessary to start a fire" in his rucksack.
Image: Consorcio Bomberos Alicante
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