Fire series cleared: firefighter (20) said to have started ten fires in Kirchdorf an der Krems

Online since November 5th, 2020 at 10:05 am, updated at 12:37 pm

Kirchdorf an der Krems.

In Kirchdorf an der Krems, police were able to investigate a 20-year-old firefighter as the arsonist on Thursday night after two more paper container fires. The man is said to have started the fires so that he could put them out himself.

“On the night of November 5, 2020, a total of four waste paper containers were set afire again in the local area of ​​Kirchdorf an der Krems. 19 contagion must be quarantined, found and provisionally arrested. During his questioning, the defendant He admitted to being the arsonist wanted by the police. In addition to the four fires, he also confessed to having caused six other fires, which occurred on September 3, 2020 The fire spread to two residential buildings and two people were injured. The reason he gave was that he started the fires and then put them out himself with a respiratory device. The material damage currently estimated is several tens of thousands of euros. The accused is for the suspicion of multiple arsons and the deliberate danger of communicable diseases to the Sta atsanwaltschaft Steyr reported, “police said Thursday in a news release.

The police corrected the number of fires to ten at lunchtime, adding: “The police investigations were supported by very good cooperation with the management level of the Kirchdorf an der Krems fire department. The 20-year-old immediately left removed from the fire service. “

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