Overview

• The Ministry of the Interior says 32 people have been detained, 93 are under investigation and 188 police inquiries remain open across Spain since June 1.
• A 17-year-old in Santiago de Compostela is accused of seven fires in the same area over ten days, and the A Coruña juvenile prosecutor ordered his placement in a detention center.
• The Guardia Civil reported the August 9 arrest of a 48-year-old for allegedly igniting a July 21 forest fire in Colmenar Viejo, who was brought before judicial authorities.
• In Galicia authorities counted multiple detentions and 22 people under investigation, including a suspect in the Oímbra fire who was remanded to provisional custody without bail.
• In Zamora a man was arrested for negligent ignition of the Puercas de Aliste blaze that scorched more than 4,000 hectares, which investigators linked to waste and glass acting as a magnifying lens under hot conditions.