This is your last news to see this monthBrowse without limits for 6 months for only €19.95, save 50%Already a subscriber?Log inYou have news to see this monthYou have 1 news left to see this monthBrowse without limits for 6 months for only €19.95, save 50%Already a subscriber?Log inImage of the burning containers in Arrigunaga.The burning of another four containers, early yesterday morning in Getxo, has triggered the alarms in the town again.This time, the warehouses burned in the Arrigunaga area, around 6:30 am, causing fear among some neighbors that the flames would reach the wooden galleries that the nearest houses have on the facade.In total, so far this year there are already 60 containers burned in the coastal municipality in a provoked way.Faced with this situation, the Municipal Police has opened a line of investigation to try to "identify profiles of an arsonist or arsonists", as they recognized last May from the City Council.A crew of firefighters from the Artaza base (Leioa) extinguished the spectacular Arrigunaga fire in a few minutes."The notice was received at 06:37 am and 13 minutes have elapsed until the intervention began," said a spokeswoman for the regional service."The crew was back at seven in the morning," she detailed.When the troops arrived at the scene, the containers, which are made of highly flammable plastic, had already burned almost completely.The flames also caused damage to a vehicle parked nearby and reached a tree located in the nearby park.From the Getxotarra City Council they explained that the fire originated in the island of garbage containers located "at the confluence of Tamarindo street number 2, with Altube, number 23."A spokeswoman for the local administration also added that "the facts are being investigated."Residents of the nearby block of flats, who prefer to remain anonymous, acknowledged that "the stench and smoke were unbearable and, for safety and fear, we closed the windows.""Luckily the wind was not blowing in the direction of our homes because we have a bar terrace nearby and we feared that it could burn and that the flames would reach our galleries, which are made of wood, a material that catches fire easily," they highlighted.Municipal workers placed the new garbage deposits yesterday to replace those that were completely burned.Precisely, the neighbors reject the current location of these containers.“Before they were located lower down, where there is no danger.They should have put them back there again."However, the burning of containers in Getxo has become a serious problem.They are all provoked, like yesterday's, and for the agents it is "very complicated to find the author or authors because they have to be caught red-handed," according to police sources.In all cases they use "a combustion accelerator."In 2021, a total of 69 such deposits burned.Apart from the danger posed by the flames, there are the economic damages caused.This year they far exceed 59,000 euros in the first five months.To this must be added the costs of removing the remains from the containers, cleaning the area and replacing the damaged asphalt.On April 15, Good Friday, up to three fires were recorded at dawn.In total, that night a dozen containers were burned in the streets of Las Arenas, Romo and Neguri.But the year has already started with bad omens because on January 1 three garbage islands burned in Andra Mari, Algorta -center and lower area-.Only seven days later the flames were registered in Algorta -lower area-, while the following day the burning took place in the center of that neighborhood;on April 3 in the town of Las Arenas and on May 2, again in Algorta.