91原创 resident Kelley Paris was home in her bed Monday morning when the noise of a burning SUV awakened her.
鈥淲e were sleeping and all of a sudden, I heard this weird noise,鈥� Paris told The Times.
鈥�(It was) super loud.鈥�
Paris and her husband live in a townhouse in the 8500 block of 204 Street in 91原创鈥檚 Yorkson neighbourhood. When she looked out her window, she could see a Jeep directly across the street was in flames.
The burning SUV was parked between two other vehicles.
鈥淚 flew out of bed and I heard this popping noise.鈥�
It was the Jeep鈥檚 tires, exploding from the heat.
鈥淭hey were popping,鈥� Paris said.
鈥淓ach individual tire was just bursting, five, 10 seconds after each other.鈥�
She said police were already on the scene, and the fire department arrived shortly afterwards.
It was 鈥渟cary鈥� to hear the fire may have been deliberate, Paris said.
91原创 RCMP said just after 2:30 a.m. Monday, officers on patrol came upon a fully involved vehicle fire.
Once fire crews extinguished the blaze, police were able to investigate the vehicle to find that it had no licence plates and no owner nearby.
The vehicle was parked between two other vehicles which were also damaged.
The burned-out vehicle, a dark coloured Jeep, matched the description of a vehicle involved inabout 45 minutes prior.
It also matched the description of a suspect vehicle from
A police dog attempted to track for suspects near the scene but was unsuccessful.
- with files from Curtis Kreklau, South Fraser News Services
dan.ferguson@langleytimes.com
Like us on and follow us on
