By GEORGIA WESTGARTH
CARS don’t have to be stolen to get set on fire in Cranbourne.
A string of car fires over the weekend kept police busy from Cranbourne to Eumemmerring, with four vehicles sent up in flames in three days.
The trend started on Friday 20 May about 3.30am in Staunton Walk, Cranbourne East where a stolen 2003 Ford sedan was parked and set on fire.
Later that night, about 10.20pm in Lace Street Eumemmerring, a Holden Commodore sedan had its parts stripped before it was set alight.
The 2000 model was parked in a factory car park, and found by police and CFA missing its engine and wheels.
The car was extensively damaged in the fire, and the police investigation is ongoing.
The following day a black Holden Commodore sedan was also targeted at the John Pandazopoulos hall car park in Doveton.
The number plates were removed and the car was totally destroyed in the blaze around 5.30am on Saturday 21 May.
The final blaze engulfed a 2000 Nissan Pulsar sedan which was parked on Frankston-Cranbourne Road in Cranbourne South on Sunday 22 May.
Narre Warren Detective Senior Sergeant Rob Clark advised that the car wasn’t stolen, but that it had been parked on the side of the road facing south-west, because the driver had “run out of petrol”.
“The car had been parked there for a couple of days,” Det Clark said.
“Significant damage was done to the vehicle.”
Police are still investigating the blaze which occurred between Western Port Highway and Woodlands Road about 2.10am.
Anyone with information on any of the weekend fires is urged to call the Narre Warren police station on 9705 3111.
