Police are seeking the public’s help in connection with a suspicious vehicle fire in Kailua-Kona. ADVERTISING Police are seeking the public’s help in connection with a suspicious vehicle fire in Kailua-Kona. Shortly after midnight Thursday, police received a report of
Police are seeking the public’s help in connection with a suspicious vehicle fire in Kailua-Kona.
Shortly after midnight Thursday, police received a report of a vehicle fire on the 74-5500 block of Kaiwi Street. Arriving officers found a Salvation Army delivery truck’s rear storage area fully engulfed in flames. Fire Department personnel were on scene fighting the fire, keeping it contained to the truck’s storage area. Damages were estimated at $15,000.
The case is classified as second-degree arson.
Police are looking for a “well-dressed” Caucasian man who was in the area shortly before the fire was reported.
Anyone with information about this case is asked to call the police nonemergency line at 935-3311 or Crime Stoppers at 961-8300.
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