A pilgrim walking the Camino de Santiago was arrested on 20 August on suspicion of starting one of this year’s largest wildfires in Spain.
The 33-year-old suspect, whose name and nationality have not been released, was arrested 12 miles from the starting point of the blaze that swept through 800 hectares of forest and grass land, and confined some local residents to their homes.
The conflagration in the province of Leon, in northern Spain, coincides with a reported uptick in bad and anti-social behaviour by pilgrims, as the Camino continues to gain in popularity and reputation, attracting ever more peregrinos, the Spanish name for pilgrims.
