Fires: 2 firefighting volunteers arrested in Sardinia

(ANSA) - CAGLIARI, AUGUST 10 - They should have countered the phenomenon of fires in Sardinia, instead they set the fire away from the area where they were supposed to operate. Two volunteers from Villamar (southern Sardinia) were arrested on suspicion of arson: Efisio Perria, 62 years old and Filippo Sanna, 56 year old volunteer of the Civil Protection association, ended up under house arrest because they were held responsible for two fires recorded on 21 June last in the campaigns of country. The men of the Forestry Corps filed suspects inside a vehicle just as one of the two threw a fire fuse from the window: the flames destroyed about 20 hectares.
   According to the investigators, the motive "is complex and can be found in connection with the prosecution of unjust beneficiaries linked to civil protection and barracellato activities". The precautionary measure was signed by the investigating judge, Roberto Cau, of the Cagliari court: those arrested risk a sentence of up to ten years in prison.
   The Forestry Corps, informs that the investigations are continuing on other episodes that are occurring in the province of South Sardinia and in the Metropolitan Area of ​​Cagliari. "The environmental police is, in fact, indispensable to stop the fire crimes by reducing the number of fires - reads a note from the forestry workers - The extinguishing activity remains essential, making use of the fundamental and appreciated contribution of the civil protection associations and the Compagniebarracellari. serious episode cannot therefore taint the work of so many people who offer their experience and their time to protect the territory and the population, even at the risk of their own safety ". (HANDLE).