A man who was already convicted of the forest fire crime was arrested again on suspicion of setting fire in September in Vale de Cambra, the Judiciary Police (PJ) reported today. The 54-year-old suspect is indicted for the authorship of a forest fire on September 19 in Junqueira, in the municipality of Vale de Cambra, which consumed three hectares of forest.
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16/10/2026
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Lusa
Um man who was already convicted of the forest fire crime was arrested again on suspicion of setting a fire, in September, in Vale de Cambra in the district of Aveiro, informed today the Judiciary Police (PJ).
According to a statement from PJ, the 54-year-old prisoner is indicted for the authorship of a forest fire crime, which occurred on September 19 in Junqueira, in the municipality of Vale de Cambra.
Judiciary states that the fire consumed three hectares of forest composed of pines, eucalyptus, oaks, giestas and forest, and only had no more serious repercussions in the face of the rapid intervention of firefighters.
According to PJ, the prisoner, resident in the area and who has already been convicted of the same illicit, will be present the first judicial interrogation to apply the coercion measures.