In Irkutsk, a car was set on fire again at night. A parked Peugeot caught fire on Lermontov Street, and firefighters quickly extinguished the flames. Preliminary data says arson caused the incident. Since 2016, 12 cars have burned at night in the city.
Cars continue to be set on fire at night in the regional center. Another incident occurred on the night of February 4. At 02:13, a report was received of a car fire. A parked Peugeot foreign car caught fire in one of the courtyards on Lermontov Street. According to preliminary data, the cause of the fire is arson, the press service of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations for the Irkutsk Region reports.Firefighters who arrived at the scene extinguished the open flames in a couple of minutes. However, the car still managed to suffer damage from the fire. Investigators will have to identify the culprit and assess the material damage. An investigation is being conducted into this fact, and witnesses and eyewitnesses are being identified.
According to unofficial statistics, since the beginning of 2016, 12 cars have already burned at night in Irkutsk alone.