Saturday, January 7, 2023 | 9:20 a.m.
The fire was started in Endrich’s house, next to the radio station where he works.
The fire was started in Endrich’s house, next to the radio station where he works.
“If it weren’t for a neighbor who woke me up screaming, the end of this story would have been much more serious,” acknowledged Ricardo Endrich, journalist and owner of a radio station in the town of Villa Bonita, municipality of Campo Ramón (FM Horizonte 95.1) who suffered an arson attack while he was sleeping yesterday morning.
Although the attack in the hands of persons still unknown took place at approximately 2:30 p.m., the victim had the lucidity to react in time and put out the flames with a fire extinguisher that he had on hand, minimizing the damage to his properties.
Subsequently, the police experts concluded that the fire was started and fanned with a flammable liquid that could be combustible, and for this reason it spread rapidly over a section of the wall of Endrich’s house that is adjacent to the station where he works. profession.
“I was sleeping soundly until I woke up excited by the desperate screams of the neighbor who said there was a fire. When I came out I noticed that they had entered through the gate and started the fire at the base of the wooden house, almost at the door of the radio station,” the complainant explained.
In addition, Endrich, who currently holds the position of president of the Villa Bonita Volunteer Firefighters, analyzed that “if I could not wake up, it would be a tragedy because the fire started in the only exit I have from inside the house.”
In relation to the work of the experts in the affected structure, the radio worker said that “since we did not find glass that would lead us to interpret that they used a homemade Molotov-type bomb, I suppose that they sprayed fuel on the base and started the fire before escaping. Luckily they did not do it on the walls of the house, it would have been much worse”.
investigation continues
The complaint was filed that same morning and at this time the investigation continues at the request of computer experts who review security camera records from neighboring properties in search of any indication that leads to the suspect(s).
