The Mossos seize a lighter and a cigarette butt at the point where the Collserola fire started

The Mossos seize a lighter and a cigarette butt at the point where the Collserola fire started

The fire in the Collserola natural park has burned the interior of a 54-hectare perimeter and by noon this Wednesday it was stabilized, though not extinguished, according to the Barcelona Firefighters. This time, the fire, pushed by the wind, approached the row of houses closest to the mountain in the Torre Baró neighborhood. As a precaution, 35 residents of Castellví and Lliçà streets were evacuated from their homes, to which they returned before eleven at night. Regarding the origin and causes of the flames, the Mossos d’Esquadra and Agents Rurals are investigating the starting point. A place where the police found a lighter and a cigarette butt they are working with, along with a list of some suspects. But the same sources warn that it is still too early to draw conclusions.

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