BLUEFIELD CRUISER FIRE Bluefield Police Cruiser Set On Fire
Reported by: Associated Press
Web Producer: Heath Harrison
Reported: Feb. 15, 2013 9:35 PM EST
Updated: Feb. 16, 2013 8:48 PM EST
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Bluefield, Mercer County
, West Virginia
Bluefield police are looking for those responsible for setting a police cruiser on fire.
Sgt. G.W. Lightfoot says the cruiser was found engulfed in flames Friday morning in a Bluefield municipal building's parking lot.
Officers tell media outlets that an unknown accelerant was used. The cruiser was destroyed.
The fire remains under investigation and officer J.W. Murray Jr. says the department is treating the incident as a threat.
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