15 firefighters detained in Italy for starting fires

Fifteen volunteer firefighters have been arrested by Italian police on suspicion of intentionally starting fires to boost the number of call outs they were receiving.

The team were being paid 10 euro [12 dollars] per hour each during call outs.

Our Europe correspondent Jack Parrock reports.

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