In early July, the woman fired cardboard boxes and paper at a location near her home.

Just over a month earlier, on May 21, the Sörmland Coast Rescue Service had issued a fire ban, due to the extreme drought in forests and land.

Knew the ban

The woman has told her that she knew of the ban on fire, but says she kept the fire under control and that it was completely extinguished before nightfall.

The next morning, neither feeling the smell of fire nor seeing smoke from the place, she went to work. An hour later, however, she received a call from a relative and told her it was burning in the terrain.

The rescue service was alerted and forces from Nyköping, Östergötland and Nävekvarn fire department were dispatched to fight the fire. According to the emergency services' expert opinion, the burned area was about 50 times 70 meters.

Remains of fire

The woman denies the crime and believes that the fire must have occurred in some other way, but it thinks the rescue service is unlikely. This, given that the firefighters found remains of fire and made the assessment that the fire, taking into account the wind direction, started at that location.

The district court goes on the same line, saying that the woman's actions were "largely negligent" and that she "caused extensive forest damage and endangered the health of others and nearby buildings".

The woman is sentenced to pay SEK 46,400 in fines.