A 37-year-old man was arrested by the Judicial Police (JP) on suspicion of being linked to at least four fires in Coimbra in the last two months, according to the investigating authority.
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31/10/2026
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U37-year-old man, suspected of at least four fires in the last two months in Coimbra, was arrested by the Judiciary Police (JP), today revealed that investigating authority.
According to PJ, the last outbreaks occurred last weekend, in the forest area located between the roundabout of Avenida António Portugal and Avenida Elísio de Moura, in the back of the District Command of PSP, a zone that had already been the scene of other occurrences.
The man is also suspected of the urban fire occurred in the garages of a building under construction in Rua António Jardim, on 27 September, whose losses are estimated to amount to more than 20,000 euros, it is still read.
The efforts carried out included the collaboration of the Working Group for the Reduction of Ignitions in Rural Area, composed of elements of the PJ, GNR and the Institute for Conservation of Nature and Forests, the press release added.
The PJ also revealed that “six fire crime investigations are underway, in which the suspect is strongly indicted of his own authorship”.
The prisoner will be present to the competent judicial authority for enforcement of the coercion measures, concludes the statement.