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“The torching. of a 1969
‘convertible Camaro in an

cident of arson: in that area
inlessthanaweck. _

The blaze is thought to
have been started in the
back seat of the two-door
convertible which had been
left unlocked in the car park
at 26! East Third.

inflammable foam rubber

burning = it
minutes.

out within

The car was being stored
there and was unlicenced
and uninsured, although it

week. (Ellsworth Dickson photoy~

‘underground parking | lot’
shortly after midnight Friday.
morning was the sixth in-:

Flames from the highly:

seat roared through the car, :

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ry Barker inspects the gutted interior of the was the ‘sixth case of arson ta the Lower Lonsdale area within less than
... 1969 Camaro convertible set on fire in an underground parking lot at 261 , me
East Third, North Vancouver shortly alter midnight Friday morning. It

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A car has been destroyed in the latest incident of
gm. arson to hit the Lower Lonsdale area.

had been, restored and
maintained in top condition.

It is thought the firebug
entered through one en-
‘trance of the parking lot and
left by another since the rear
lights’ of the apartment
manager's Ford LTD parked
near the secondary entrance
had been kicked out. :

. GRUDGE MOTIVE?

Firemen are wondering if
the motive for the fires could
have been a grudge. North
Vancouver City Fire
Department’s Chief Fire
Prevention Officer’ George
Tyson says: “Why didn’t he
kick out other “people's
lights? There were plenty of
cars parked there.”

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Other areas of the building
were damaged by smoke
from the blaze, although the
fire did not spread..to. other,
parkedcars,

~ But the incident increases
fire . department's
concern about the number of
arson incidents in that area
recently and their fears of
the possibilities of more .
devastating consequences. SUNDAY
Sunny and warm,
“If this guy - if it is only

one person - keeps going like Point Atkinson tides:

this he’s going to hit highs 0200 hrs and 1355
something serious one hrs. ‘Lows 0830 hrs and
night,” says Tyson. 2010 hrs. .

Saturday saw five arson
fires started within five hours
in that same’ area. Each,
began with garbage being lit
-in the Post Office foyer and .
against walls of back lanes -

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