30-year-old man detained over arson in Lisbon building
The Judicial Police detained a 30-year-old suspect for setting fire to the mattress in the bedroom where he lived in Lisbon on 16 August.
Fire in residential room leads to detention in Lisbon
The Lisbon and Vale do Tejo Division of the Judicial Police detained a 30-year-old man suspected of setting fire to the bedroom where he lived in Lisbon on 16 August. According to Google News PT — Crime (pt), the crime is classified as urban arson in a building.
The fire was caused by direct flame applied to the bed mattress, where some pieces of clothing were located. The fire caused damage to the bedroom through heat action and soot deposition.
The situation posed a risk to the physical safety of the other residents of the property, as well as the possibility of the fire spreading to the other rooms and to the building, which was constructed mainly of wooden wattle.
The detainee will be brought before the Public Prosecutor's Office of Lisbon for the first judicial interrogation of the detained suspect and application of appropriate restraining measures.
Source: Google News PT — Crime (pt)