Overview

• UPA agents arrested the unnamed suspect in Celanova on August 8 after a months-long surveillance operation focused on deliberate local wildfires.
• Authorities link him to 20 separate fires between 2024 and July 2025, including a July 31 blaze in Amoroce that scorched 0.1 hectares.
• Investigators report the Amoroce fire was started from three closely spaced foci and seized lighters and paper at the time of arrest.
• Prosecutors forwarded the case to Celanova’s guard court and Ourense’s No. 1 court ordered his release with mandatory weekly appearances.
• This incident marks the 14th detention or inquiry in Galicia’s current campaign against intentional forest fires.