An arson probe has been opened
into the wildfire near Pisa that sent more than 600 hectares of
forest up into smoke and forced the evacuation of 700 people on
Tuesday, prosecutors said.
"We have decided to open a file featuring the hypothesis of
arson on the basis of some clues that must now be confirmed by
investigative action" said Pisa chief prosecutor Alessandro
Crini.
"First and foremost there is the fact that the flames spread
at night and in an evening that was substantially very cool".
The blaze is devastating Mt Serra in the comuni of Calci and
Vicopisano.
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