In two days, there were four fires in a Pearl City Naval housing area.
Three families are now without a home.
This was the scene Sunday morning, just before 3:30 a.m.
Police say a car parked in the carport was intentionally set on fire and the blaze spread to the four unit home.
It was the second incident in the same neighborhood.
The first happened the day before when a different car was set on fire.
“With the vehicles catching fire in the carport and damaging the building we're lucky that nobody was hurt because they were all sleeping at the time,” said Sgt. Kim Buffett of CrimeStoppers.
“Officers were sent to a driveway nearby probably about 1,000 feet away from the second incident where they discovered several gas cans burnt wooden torches lying on the driveway,” said Sgt. Buffett.
Sgt. Buffett says the arsonist poured gas around a car and left a trail of about 75 to 100 feet long.
The suspect tried to light it, but was unsuccessful.
The most recent fire happened about 6 hours later.
A fire sparked in an open field next to an abandoned warehouse.
It burned about sixty feet of grass, but no structures were damaged.
“This is random this is totally random we don't know if at this time if it's the same suspects but due to the areas the time elements we don't know if it's one person if it's more than one person,” she said.
In all, damage is estimated at $94,000.
If you have any information about these fires, call CrimeStoppers at #955-8300.
Commentary: During these economic times, it's unbelievable that such things can still happen, especially to Naval families living in off base housing. It seems like the perpetrators are scoping the area to see which houses they hope to destroy via fire, before setting them. I certainly local police are able to apprehend these knuckleheads and punish them to the full extent of the law.
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