During the night, the Fire Brigade was involved in three major interventions to put out fires involving vehicles used for the collection of urban waste .
The alarm was raised at approximately 00:50 in the industrial area of Orgosolo, in the square of the San Germano waste collection company. When the rescuers arrived, seven compactors were on fire . The team's prompt intervention allowed the flames to be extinguished and the area to be made safe.
Alarm at the same time also in Iglesias with three waste collection vehicles on fire : in this episode too vehicles from the San Germano company were hit.
Subsequently, at approximately 5:44 am, team 8A of the Lanusei Fire Brigade Detachment intervened on the Arzana-Lanusei provincial road, where another fire had involved five compactor trucks . In this case too, the Fire Brigade managed to put out the blaze and secure the area. In this case, the vehicles belong to the Teknoservice Italia company.
All the incidents are considered to be malicious , as suggested by the first investigations. On site, in addition to the Fire Brigade, the Carabinieri and the Police also intervened, who are conducting investigations to clarify the causes of the fires.
The police and firefighters continue to monitor the situation, while awaiting developments in the investigations to identify those responsible for these serious acts.
THE CONDEMNATION – Firm position on the matter from the municipality of Orgosolo . The administration led by Pasquale Mereu in a note «expresses firm condemnation for the latest very serious arson attack that destroyed several vehicles of the San Germano company, the company that has the contract for the urban cleaning service in Orgosolo, Oliena and Fonni. It expresses full solidarity with the managers and workers of San Germano for what happened and invites the citizens not only to condemn the attack but to be patient for the disruption that will be created in the collection in the coming days ».
Condemnation also from Fit-Cisl with the regional secretary Gianluca Langiu who expresses " concern and indignation for the very serious gesture and solidarity with the company and the workers".