Brand series in Bad Bleiberg: 23-year-old after arrest in focus

Brand series in Bad Bleiberg: 23-year-old after arrest in focus

in Bad Bleiberg, Villach-Land district, the police arrested a 23-year-old man who is suspected of being responsible for a number of fires in a multi-party house. This arrest took place on November 7th, right after another fire in the basement of the building. In his interrogation, the young man did not confess and denied his participation in the alleged arson.

The investigation by the criminal officers of the State Criminal Police Office, together with the police departments in Bad Bleiberg and Arnoldstein, led to the fact that the suspect was active in the end of the fire in September and November 2023. The alarmed judicial authority ordered that it was brought to the Klagenfurt prison.

chronological overview of arson

The evidence is designed by a series of incidents that have taken place since September 2023:

• On September 7, 2023 around 10:00 p.m., a garbage container was lit in the outside area of the multi -party house.
• On September 12, 2023, there was another fire, this time in the roof structure of the house, which led to a building damage and the evacuation of the residents.
• August 23, 2024 marks another incident in which another garbage container was set on fire.
• directly the next day, August 24, 2024, a fire was laid in the basement of the building, which caused considerable damage.
• Another fire was made on October 29, 2024 in the roof structure, but this went out independently.
• The last incident occurred on November 7, 2024 in the basement, which could be quickly checked and contained by a fire detector.

Overall, the damage due to these fire series is an estimated one million euros. Fortunately, there were no injuries or worse in the incidents, but the repeated fires put the residents in great fear. While the investigation is progressing, new knowledge about the background of the arson is expected. For detailed information about the case about the case, The article on gailtal-journal