Crime & Safety
Car Fire Investigated In Petaluma
Investigators with the Petaluma Fire Department found signs an accelerant was possibly used.
PETALUMA, CA — The Petaluma police and fire departments are investigating a car fire and are seeking anyone with footage of the incident.
Officers and firefighters were dispatched shortly after 10:30 p.m. Wednesday to the 1400 block of South McDowell Boulevard —near Casa Grande Road — to contain the flames of a burning vehicle.
Petaluma Fire Department investigators found signs that an accelerant was possibly used on the 2000 silver Acura.
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Surveillance footage was obtained shortly afterward and showed a white male park the Acura and leave in an unknown red sedan just before the car caught fire, police said.
Police encouraged anyone with information related to this case or with footage of this fire to contact the department's non-emergency line at 707-778-4372 or submit a tip via email to ppdtips@cityofpetaluma.org.
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