Residents are on edge after three cars were set on fire
Monday night in Nyack.
The incidents all happened around 2:30 a.m. on Summit and
Washington streets, police said.
Two of the vehicles were completely destroyed; another
was partially damaged, 1010 WINS’ Glenn Schuck reported.
All of the cars were parked in the driveways of homes.
One of the fires spread to the side of the home at 35
Summit Street causing thousands of dollars of damage. A couple and their
6-month-old baby escaped the fire without injury.
“My cousin was watching television and she saw flames
coming up and she jumped up and said, ‘Fire!’ and told everybody to get out,”
homeowner Melvin Cooper said.
A Jeep destroyed in a fire in Nyack (credit: Glenn
Schuck/1010 WINS)
Authorities are also looking into a possible connection
to a fourth incident involving another car which had been broken into but not
set on fire.
Rockland County officials are unsure of a motive but
believe the fires were targeted.
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