Suspected arsonist arrested for starting Aspropyrgos wildfire, Kikilias announces

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The authorities have arrested a suspected arsonist considered responsible for starting the wildfire that broke out in woodland off the Egaleo ringroad in Aspropyrgos, Climate Crisis and Civil Protection Minister Vasilis Kikilias said in a post on the social media platform X on Sunday.

Kikilias noted that Sunday’s fire was the third to break out on Mount Egaleo this month and each time the fire brigade had intervened before it spread. On Sunday, however, authorities had also arrested the suspected arsonist, a Turkish national, who had confessed to his act and would be tried under the new law for crimes of arson, the minister added.
“We have said it many times: We will be merciless with arsonists,” he said.
The fire began at 12:30 on Sunday afternoon and was contained within 20 minutes, the fire brigade announced, while no residences had been threatened.
A force of 43 fire fighters, with two teams on the ground, nine vehicles and one helicopter was deployed to put out the fire, with the assistance of local authorities water tanker trucks.

source ANA-MPA

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