Florence, the bet in the center for a stupid game – Chronicle

Florence, September 27, 2020 – They played with fire, perhaps to see the images of their trick bounce between social media and chat. But they were burned: because in addition to the damage, even serious, and the risk of enlarging it, they have already been identified. At least one of the baby arsonists that caused a violent one yesterday afternoon I beg in the center of Florence -the smoke they saw from the hills- is already in the hands of the juvenile prosecutor. How did you identify yourself? the cameras, the testimonials, those same immediately viral videos. But above all there is the courage and honesty of her mother, who when he understood everything, made him get into the car and accompanied him to the carabinieri. He’s not even fourteen years old. The same age as another and probably a third: more than one could be responsible for the fire that devastated a row of scooters He parked on piazza Davanzati, in the center of Florence, and also attacked the facade of the building that houses a cinema and a nightclub, setting fire to an interior cabin full of electrical cables. In mid-afternoon on Saturday, a column of smoke rose over Florence that made an impression from afar. And especially closely, since during the closing operations several dozen people stopped to watch.

Via Sassetti, Davanzati square. The heart of ‘rubbing’, even in Covid times, suddenly stopped, a little out of fear, a little out of curiosity. The fire brigade sirens stopped sounding.
On fire, there were scooters parked in the central plaza. It all started from there. The fire destroyed a dozen parked two-wheelers and licked, blackening them, the rear exterior wall of the “Yab” building andOdeon. The firefighters had to go through a door to put out the flames, they entered an internal compartment where various types of technical equipment are located, such as electricity meters and generators.

At the moment From the opening of the entrance, the tongues of fire that came out from below aroused more curiosity and apprehension. There are many mobiles that have filmed the scenes, which have later invaded the chats.
On the ground, the municipal police, especially to keep the numerous spectators at a safe distance, and the police cars, owners of the investigation. Fire, it was whispered immediately. Maybe because someone already knew. In fact, in the suburbs, there was already a mother ready to “inform”. Maybe they would arrive anyway thanks to the cameras: it was a man who started the fire, using gasoline 13enne (she’ll be 14 next month) in a black hoodie, which she later took off and sold to a friend. He and others are being identified.

At night the mayor Darius Nardella He denounced the episode as “a very serious event”. “As a Municipality – he said – we have given the maximum collaboration, starting from the use of camera images.”

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