PORT TOWNSEND — Police are investigating the cause of two vehicle fires that occurred within minutes of each other.
East Jefferson Fire-Rescue was notified about the first fire at the intersection of Lupine Street and South Jacob Miller Road at
3:21 a.m. Sunday, the agency said Monday.
Firefighters arrived within two minutes to find an older model Ford pickup truck ablaze.
The fire was extinguished quickly, but the truck was destroyed.
Deputy Fire Chief Ted Krysinski said the pickup was a derelict vehicle that had been sitting at that location for some time.
At 3:36 a.m., a second call came in reporting a vehicle fire in the 800 block of Hancock Street.
Firefighters found a late-model Chevrolet Trailblazer SUV fully engulfed in flames.
The fire was put out within 10 minutes, and an adjacent multifamily dwelling was not damaged, the deputy fire chief said.
Engine 91 from Naval Magazine Indian Island assisted in extinguishing the second fire.
Port Townsend Police Sgt. Ed Green said there have been no leads about the fires, and the department is actively seeking any information about the incidents.
“We really want the public to give us a call if they saw anything suspicious this weekend where people were moving around early in the morning in a covered parking lot or anyplace like that,” he said.
“We need to track down who is responsible for this, for obvious reasons.”
Anyone with information about the fires can phone Green directly at 360-531-2091 or the Port Townsend Police Department at 360-385-2322.
