The National Police arrested a man for setting fire to the shared apartment where he lived in a rental with the owner inside.
As reported by the police, the events occurred in a house in the La Circular neighborhood of Valladolid and the alleged perpetrator of the events had had a previous conflict with the owner, which was the trigger for the incident.
The events date back to the afternoon of July 31, when the prisoner piled up various objects and clothes belonging to him in front of the door of the house in question, then set them on fire while the owner was inside the apartment. After that, the man left the premises.
As announced by the National Police, the fire practically burned the door of the house and caused damage to the interior of the house and common areas. Likewise, the owner was seriously burned, while trying to extinguish the flames to prevent them from spreading. In fact, a few days later, he had to undergo surgery due to these injuries.
As for the neighbors, the enormous amount of smoke caused by the fire caused great concern among all. Those who could, mainly the residents of the lower floors, left, while those of the upper floors had no choice but to lock themselves in their homes until the firefighters arrived, due to the high concentration of smoke existing in that area of the property.
So they tried to stop the smoke from entering the houses through the doors with wet towels, until emergency services arrived to ventilate the building.
After a thorough investigation, the National Police managed to arrest the alleged perpetrator of the events of August 22. He was placed at the disposal of the Court of Instruction of the Guard, which finally ordered his entry into prison when he was accused of the crimes of arson with risk to persons and serious injuries.
