V.N.S.Bento/ Serpa: custody for suspect set fire to own house.
The man, of 58 year old, suspected of having set fire to his room in Vila Nova de São Bento, in the municipality of Serpa (Beja), no Sunday, He remained in custody, by court decision.
According to the online edition of the Journal News (JN), source of the Territorial Command Beja GNR told the Lusa agency that the man was, Tuesday, present the first judicial questioning and that the Court of Moura ordered preventive detention as a coercive measure.
“Will stay in custody in Prison Beja”, He added the same source.
It is recalled that on Sunday when the Lidador News reported the case was advanced that, and according to a witness, “o indivÃduo estaria alcoolizado e terá tentado impedir o acesso à casa, a Bombeiros e GNR, making use of a weapon ".
The fire hit a house on Hope Street, in Vila Nova de São Bento, having been given alert firefighters to 15.41 Sunday hours, according to the District Command of Relief Operations (CDOS) Beja.
Following the fire, the suspect, his wife and son, all residents in the house, as well as a neighbor who was helping, They had to receive medical care due to inhalation of fumes.
“The house was badly damaged, which forces people who live in the residence to be moved temporarily to house family”, He referred to the CDOS.
Fighting the flames mobilized and operational vehicles of the Volunteer Fire Department Serpa and GNR, In addition to medical vehicle emergency and resuscitation (VMER) Beja the National Institute of Medical Emergency (INEM).
Teixeira Correia
(journalist)
