Longmont police are investigating a string of fires that torched five vehicles and a trash bin early Monday morning, said Cmdr. Joel Post.
Police first were called at 1:50 a.m. about a trash bin with burning cardboard inside in an alley off the 400 block of Main Street. Officers got a call about the first vehicle fire at 2:35 a.m. The fire destroyed a car in the 400 block of Sixth Avenue and also burned a nearby fence and house eaves.
At 3:18 a.m., police received three reports of vehicles on fire in the 100 block of Longs Peak Avenue. At 3:30 a.m., the sixth fire was reported of a vehicle in the 700 block of Baker Street.
Longmont Detective Wayne Rafferty is investigating the cases with Longmont Fire Department arson investigators. He is available at 303-651-8516. Anyone with information on this crime, or any other, is asked to contact Northern Colorado Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or visit .
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