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| In the municipality of Lorca | The alleged responsibility of the crime of forest fire is attributed to him The fire burned around 40 hectares of scrubland Apparently it is a negligence in a burning of pruning remains The Civil Guard of the Region of Murcia, within the framework of the services established to prevent and prosecute forest fire crimes, has developed an investigation to clarify the causes of the fire that took place last Monday in the Sierra de La Almenara, term municipality of Lorca, which has resulted in the identification, location and investigation of a neighbor of the municipality who has been investigated as the alleged perpetrator of the crime of forest fire. On the afternoon of Monday, August 10, a fire started in the Sierra de La Almenara, the municipality of Lorca, which affected approximately 40 hectares of scrubland and was controlled by the fire-fighting media a few hours later.

Finally, it was extinguished early last Wednesday. Members of the Nature Protection Service of the Civil Guard opened the corresponding investigation in order to determine the causes of the fire and, where appropriate, identify its perpetrator. The civil guards carried out the first steps of the investigation in the area affected by the fire, going through the burned ground looking for signs that would allow them to determine the place where the fire started and its causes. As a result of the investigation, the Civil Guard located the point where the fire allegedly started, a place near a promenade and a group of houses, where pruning remains had been burned, this being the cause that originated the fire.

Therefore, the researchers carried out an exhaustive technical-ocular inspection in situ. The analysis of the information obtained during the investigation has allowed the Civil Guard to identify a neighbor of the municipality of Lorca who is behind the alleged responsibility of the burning of the pruning remains. Once all the necessary evidence has been obtained, the civil guards have located and investigated the suspect, who has been investigated as the alleged perpetrator of the crime of forest fire due to negligence. Wildfire crime The perpetrators of the crime of forest fire, contained in the current Penal Code, are committed by those who set fire to mountains or forest masses and will be punished with prison terms of one to five years and a fine of twelve to eighteen months. In the case of having existed danger to the life or physical integrity of the persons, the act will be punished with a prison sentence of ten to twenty years, imposing, in any case, the penalty of a fine of twelve to twenty-four months. The investigated, along with the proceedings, has been made available to the Investigating Court of Lorca (Murcia).

Source: Ministerio del Interior