Is there an arsonist on the loose in Vall d'Uixó?: Suspected third fire in the partida de la Punta in a week
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Is there an arsonist on the loose in Vall d'Uixó?: Suspected third fire in the partida de la Punta in a week

El Periódico Mediterráneo - General27 August 2026 at 16:37

The article reports that there is suspicion of a pyromaniac at large in La Vall d'Uixó, after the third fire in a week in the same area (partida de la Punta). A fire broke out a week ago on an abandoned agricultural plot on camí La Punta, and now emergency services had to intervene again in a third fire in the same area, after another similar incident had already occurred days before.

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