Thursday, Jul. 09, 2009
County cars damaged in three ‘suspicious’ fires
The early-morning blazes also burned a small patch of fence and grass
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closeThree suspicious fires broke out in San Luis Obispo early Thursday morning, damaging three cars and burning a small patch of grass and fence.
San Luis Obispo fire Chief John Callahan said the fires were reported between 3 and 4 a.m. in neighborhoods off Johnson Avenue and were contained using a wildlands fire truck and engine.
“Grass burned into a fence in the 1200 block of Bishop Street,” Callahan said of a house that backs up to the east side of Terrace Hill Drive.
Shortly after, two cars sitting in the county Department of Environmental Health parking lot on Bishop were torched. The plastic grill of one car and the taillights of another were damaged.
The third suspicious fire occurred about 4 a.m. to a car parked in the 2300 block of Parkland Terrace, a residential neighborhood on the east side of Johnson above Flora Street.
“We’re certainly calling them suspicious, and our department and police department are investigating,” Callahan said. There have been several other fire-related vandalisms in the city this year that remain under investigation, he added.
“We put a lot of effort into finding these people and prosecuting them because arson is a crime that tends to escalate,” Callahan said.
“But that’s difficult to do because it’s a crime that keeps on going after the criminal leaves the scene,” he said.
The department asks that anyone who may have information about the crimes call 781-7380.
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