Two men, aged 51 and 42, have been arrested as suspected perpetrators of the fire that started on July 22 in the town of Almorox, Toledo, and later spread to the Madrid municipality of Villa del Prado.
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Sources from the Government Delegation in Castilla-La Mancha specify that the initial data indicate that these two individuals were carrying out illegal welding work with an angle grinder.
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This work is said to have taken place when the Potential Fire Spread Index (IPP) was extreme. The fire started on July 22 at 4:52 p.m. in the El Pinar Urbanization.