Police Seek Information On Suspicious Fire
Police Seek Information
On Suspicious Fire
Police are seeking information from the public on the identity of the person or persons who used an incendiary device to start a small fire alongside Hattertown Road on July 19.
About 6:45 pm that day, police were dispatched to Hattertown Road, near its intersection with Purdy Station Road, for a suspicious fire that was apparently set along the southbound road shoulder. Dodgingtown and Botsford firefighters had been dispatched to the incident.
âThere was evidence at the scene that the fire was intentionally set with a homemade device,â police said.
The small fire caused no property damage or injuries. The blaze was quickly extinguished by a passing motorist, police said.
Later that evening, a similar incendiary device was found in the middle of the nearby Old Purdy Station Road, police said.
Fire Marshal Bill Halstead said that no similar incidents have been reported locally since July 19.
Police ask anyone with information on the incidents that occurred on July 19 to contact them at 426-5841 or at 270-8888.