The man suspected of causing the fire this morning in the San Lorenzo area of Sassari is under arrest .

The local police officers spotted him while he was wandering around the fire area and, once approached, the man reacted violently by attacking a policeman . The person is now in custody at the municipal police station in via Carlo Felice. In the meantime, the firefighters continued to put out the fire for a long time because the fire, in addition to burning the ground, had also reached several olive trees, devouring the bark.

The fire had come dangerously close to the Alghero-Sassari railway line, forcing the authorities to suspend rail traffic.

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