Arsonist sentenced to six years in prison A man who set off four forest fires in the municipalities of Valongo and Paredes between May and August 2020 has been sentenced to six years in prison. The defendant, a 29-year-old electrician, was charged in the court of São João Novo, in Porto, with starting the 62 fires in the Porto district. The court proved that he was responsible for only four, but in a hearing for the production of evidence, the defendant had confirmed only starting three. The remaining is what killed 75 dogs and cats in a mountainous area of Santo Tirso.