Carinthian man in custody

How did a firefighter become a serial arsonist?

The firefighters from Bleiberg and neighboring departments had to risk a lot in seven devastating fires - and now one of them is alleged to have been the perpetrator himself!

(Bild: FF Arnoldstein)

More than 350,000 volunteer firefighters in Austria sacrifice their free time every day, often risking their lives to save their fellow human beings and their belongings. And now one of them is allegedly responsible for a series of dramatic arsons! What happened?

Was it the thrill? The desire to see flames? Or did a young man want to look like a hero when he extinguished the fires in the company of his comrades that he had presumably set himself? A young man from Carinthia is now in custody after being strongly suspected of arson. And how the police, the public prosecutor's office and the fire department themselves tracked him down reads like a thriller!