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Young hiker arrested for fire in Marbella
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Young hiker arrested for fire in Marbella

The Russian man lit the fire to enable emergency services to locate him when he lost his way

MÓNICA PÉREZ.

Friday, 6 October 2017, 10:52

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A 19-year-old Russian man has been arrested in connection with a forest fire that destroyed 5.9 hectares of scrub and woodland in Marbella and Ojén last weekend.

The young man, who is a student in Marbella, was hiking in the Cruz de Juanar area on Saturday evening when he lost his way. After calling 112, he lit a fire so that he could be easily located when the emergency services arrived. Firefighters managed to extinguish the fire before it reached any inhabited areas, said the mayor of Ojén.

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