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A 14-year-old youth was identified by the Judicial Police (PJ) on suspicion of having caused two fires in the municipality of Guarda to “see the performance” of the combat means, which the Police announced on Tuesday.
The Criminal Investigation Department of the PJ da Guarda affirms in a statement sent to the Lusa agency that it identified a 14-year-old young man, “I suspect that I set at least two fires out of a total of five that occurred in the last two months. between the towns of Albardo and Pousadinhas, in the municipality of Guarda ”.
According to the note, the minor, who acted “by means of a direct flame”, intended “only to observe the performance of the respective combat forces” in the face of the fires.
The PJ adds that the fires supposedly caused by the minor consumed “small patches of holm oaks, broom, brambles, bushes and diverse spontaneous vegetation, all of which was timely and effectively fought by the firefighters.”
“In addition, it was not due to the prompt intervention of these [dos bombeiros], some of the aforementioned outbreaks could have evolved dangerously on the abundant patches of forest that exist in these localities, characterized, in addition, also by a significantly aged population and naturally startled by the occurrence of local events of this nature “, he concludes.
The source also mentions that the investigation was concluded and sent to the Public Guardian Ministry for “possible continuation of the educational guardianship process regarding the minor.”
