Barbecue caused forest fire on Italian Como: twenty to 27 million euro (!) to pay the penalty

Two Italian students who are approaching the arrival of the new year celebrated with a barbecue and accidentally a large forest fire have caused, their punishment is to hear. The 22-year-olds to 13.5 million euros to pay. Both.

Together need to Alessio Molteni and Daniele Borghi, therefore, a fine of no less than 27 million euro to pay, for example, the Italian Forestry is determined. The two would with a barbecue at the lake Como on december 30, a fire in the forest have caused that eventually more than 1,000 hectares of forest did burn and more than 100 hectares completely destroyed.

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The embers of their barbecue would be the culprit, due to strong winds and unusually dry weather conditions spread the fire, then rapidly. There were also several buildings destroyed in the inferno, including a barn where all the animals perished. the

The size of the fine was calculated on the basis of a formula of about ten years old that the financial sanction determines, on the basis of the scale of the damage and the value of the affected land per square meter. With this monsterboete as a result.

Exaggerated

The two twenty-somethings leave it at this and go in appeal. Ivana Anomali, a lawyer of Alessio Molteni, the amount requested is heavily exaggerated. “What is the meaning of such a huge penalty, knowing that these two guys - even students - who obviously can't pay?”

pay Attention

Atillio Fontana, governor of Lombardy, the fine would be appropriate. “That gives an idea of the gigantic damage done to nature is inflicted,” he says. “I hope that these and other young people will pay attention the next time.”

“Daniele and I apologize for what has happened”, says Alessio. “But we immediately called the fire brigade and ourselves on the flames thrown to the fire to try to extinguish the fire. There were also several forest fires, but we are the patsies. I hope that the truth still comes up.”