Nanaimo RCMP have launched an investigation into a car fire that is being deemed suspicious.
According to police, the incident took place around 11 p.m. last Saturday, September 26, in the 100-block of Thunderbird Drive.
City of Nanaimo Fire and Rescue, along with RCMP patrol officers, responded to the scene where a 2016 Mitsubishi Lancer had gone up in flames.
Police say that the fire caused “significant damage” to the rear exterior of the vehicle.
Fire investigators believe the fire was intentionally set with an unknown accelerant.
RCMP officers have conducted neighbourhood inquiries and determined that a vehicle was heard earlier in the evening, racing up and down the street, “squealing its tires.”
No description of this vehicle or its occupants was obtained and, at this time, it is unknown whether or not this vehicle and drive had any connection to the fire.
RCMP are looking to speak with anyone who might have information on the incident and are asking them to call the Nanaimo RCMP non-emergency line at 250-754-2345 and quote file # 2020-35470.
Graham Cox
