Trial in Innsbruck

Fires set at Plansee out of frustration with cigarettes

The Floriani firefighters worked for days extinguishing the fire.(Bild: ZOOM Tirol)

Well over 100 firefighters had to battle flames for days in March in the Tyrolean Außerfern region. Fires broke out in several places in a forest above the Plansee lake. The work of a firebug! He was now in court - now without a partner and job.

After 14 years of dating, his partner dumped him, he lost his job at a Scandinavian university and he had to cancel his life insurance to make up for the 14,000 euros in damages: Even before the trial at Innsbruck Provincial Court, the 37-year-old was bitterly punished for his crime in March.