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Car with stolen rego set alight

13/09/2016

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A CAR has been blown up in flames outside a primary school in Cranbourne.
The white Toyota Echo hatchback was set alight in a car park adjacent to Rangebank Primary School on Sunday 11 September, about 2am.
The car was displaying stolen registration plates, and had been involved in an evading police incident earlier that evening.
CFA and police attended the scene, and the car was extensively damaged by the fire.

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