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The commander of the Pedrógão Grande volunteer firefighters, António Arnaut, and Mário Cerol, operational commander of the 2nd district, are among the first to be indicted in December 2017.
Still in the context of civil protection, Sérgio Gomes , who was at the time of the fires a district operational commander and is now deputy national operations at the National Civil Protection Authority, is also charged.
Also accused are the mayor of Figueiró dos Vinhos, Jorge Abreu, Mayor of Castanheira de Pera, Fernando Lopes and the former councilor of the municipality of Pedrógão Grande José Graça
Two employees of this House are also accused in connection with this investigation: Ascendi Pinhal Interior confirmed in May that she was aware that two of her employees assigned to this sub-dealer were heard on questioning and investigation "at the fires of Pedrógão Grande
Today, in an information sent to Lusa, Ascendi Pinhal Interior "said that in the last days there were, individually, other accused of this society", but did not reveal the number 19659002] "The administration of Ascendi Pinhal Interior and his collaborators collaborated with the judicial authorities, being sure that they strictly complied with the entire legal and administrative framework. are not responsible for any liability. "
EDP Distribuição also declined to specify the number of its employees suspected of having been charged, simply asserting that the company" collaborates with the public prosecutor in the part of the ongoing investigation process, pending the conclusions of the investigation. "[19659002] The fires that erupted in the Pedrógão Grande area, north of the Leiria district, in June 2017, 66 dead: the official count showed 64 deaths, but there was still one woman who died after being crushed by the flames and another woman who had been hospitalized since then in Coimbra, and who has also died.
Today, the District Attorney's Office of Leiria announced that the number of defendants in the investigation who investigated these fires increased to 16.
According to information provided by the site Attorney General's Web, the defendants are "all natural persons".
The same note reaffirms that in this investigation, conducted by the Prosecutor General of the Department of Criminal Investigation and Criminal Action of Leiria, "there are facts that could be included in the crimes of the crime. negligent homicide and
The Crown reiterates that the investigation, in the secrecy of justice, "is in a state of advanced investigation, and many investigations have already been conducted, including by nature expert, and more than two hundred witnesses were heard. "
In this investigation, the public prosecutor's office is assisted by the judicial police.
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