This Monday, the Guimarães court will begin the trial of a firefighter from Fafe accused of starting nine forest fires, seven of which occurred in just one month. Pedro Costa, 32, who has been in Braga prison since July last year when he was arrested by Braga’s judicial police, made homemade bombs from glass bottles, gauze, wire and a mixture of gasoline and diesel to set them on fire. in the forest. PJ retrieved a diesel fire extinguisher worth more than €200 from his assigned locker at Fafe Fire Station, as well as a packet of chocolates and packets of tobacco filled with pellets which he would use as fire starters. The last fire he started, near Kinshines Cemetery in Fafe, was already being watched by PJ.
Author: Fatima Vilasa
Source: CM Jornal
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