Early Morning Car Fires

By 250 News

Early this morning, over the course of about an hour, Prince George RCMP were called to three vehicle fires.  

In the first case,  just before 4:00 this morning, a Jeep Cherokee in the 100 block of Nicholson Street had its gas tank punctured and had been set ablaze.  The jeep was destroyed in the fire.   A witness had spotted a small white car in the area.

A little over a half an hour later,  police went to the 6800 block of Fairmont Crescent after a neighbour  had called police after hearing a loud bang .  Gas was pouring from a  vehicle that had had its gas tank punctured.  It appears attempts to light the fuel on fire had failed.  Again, a small white car had been spotted in the area.

Another half hour later,  police  got a call to a vehicle fire in the O'Grady and Parent Road  area of College Heights.  A Ford F150 was engulfed in flames.  Although firefighters attended the scene, the vehicle was destroyed. Once more, a white vehicle had been spotted in the area around the time the fire had started.

Police found a small  white car in the Highway 16 - Domano area around 5:30 this morning, and arrested a 35 year old man.  He is in custody.  Police are  looking at a number of Arson related charges. 

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