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Arsonist confesses to lighting fires in the Peloponnese

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An unnamed name has confessed to lighting fires in different parts of Messinia in the southwestern Peloponnese and was remanded in custody on Monday.

The 30-year-old man, a resident of the area, has allegedly confessed to deliberately setting several fires – some highly destructive – and was questioned last week by Fire Service investigators and arrested over the weekend in connection with a blaze in the village of Iamia last Wednesday.

He reportedly went on to confess to setting another fire the day before, which burned 3 hectares of land, as well as a blaze in Chrysokellaria in June last year that razed 250 hectares of mostly farmland and a big fire in Vasilitsi in 2021 that destroyed 400 hectares, as well as 22 houses and farms.

The suspect did not appear to provide a motive for his actions.

READ MORE: Fires: Battle to keep the flames from Vati village in Rhodes – Loutses in Corfu was evacuated (VIDEOS)

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