Overview
- Eight waste containers in Valencia's Benicalap neighborhood were set on fire within an hour on Thursday evening, with one blaze damaging a building facade.
- Police and fire units coordinated efforts, extinguishing the fires while searching for the suspect based on a witness description.
- The suspect, a 55-year-old man, was detained near Avenida de Burjassot and Louis Braille while attempting to flee the area.
- Eyewitnesses identified the man as the arsonist, and investigators found two lighters and a roll of toilet paper among his belongings, allegedly used to start the fires.
- The suspect has been transferred to judicial authorities at the Central Guard Inspectorate as investigations and damage assessments continue.