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Gardener accused of starting great Costa fire of 2012 faces seven years in jail
JUAN CANO / ÁLVARO FRÍAS
...million euros of economic damage. The environmental damage is incalculable. Now, those alleged to be responsible for the blaze are to face trial. The gardener who is believed to have caused it - albeit unintentionally - is accused of causing a forest ... fire and endangering life through negligence, and causing two homicides and one case of injury, also through negligence. The prosecution has drawn up a 42-page report and is asking for a seven and a half year jail sentence for the gardener, plus an ... order to pay millions of euros in compensation to those affected. The prosecutor also says the gardener's employer, the property owner, bears part of the blame and should pay some of the compensation. The fire caused damage to homes and facilities in