The Judicial Police arrested a 54-year-old man suspected of setting a forest fire in Vale de Cambra in September. The flames consumed three hectares of vegetation and PJ confirmed that the prisoner had already been convicted in the past for the same crime.
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16/10/2026
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Um 54-year-old man was arrested by the Judiciary Police (PJ) for being indicted for the authorship of a forest fire crime, occurred last September 19 in Junqueira, in the municipality of Vale de Cambra. The suspect had already been convicted of the same kind of crime.
“ The fire consumed three hectares of forest consisting of pines, eucalyptus, oaks, giestas and bush, which just had no more serious repercussions in the face of the rapid intervention of firefighters ", indicated PJ in a statement, sent to the essays this Friday.
The arrest was made with the collaboration of the Ignition Reduction Working Group – North Coastal.
The 54-year-old prisoner living in the area will also be present the first judicial interrogation to apply the appropriate coercion measures.