{"id":41244,"date":"2013-08-04T14:10:26","date_gmt":"2013-08-04T21:10:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theavtimes.com\/?p=41244"},"modified":"2013-08-04T14:18:24","modified_gmt":"2013-08-04T21:18:24","slug":"arson-suspected-in-lancaster-house-car-fires","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2013\/08\/04\/arson-suspected-in-lancaster-house-car-fires\/","title":{"rendered":"Arson suspected in Lancaster house, car fires"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Arson-suspected.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-41245\" alt=\"Arson suspected\" src=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Arson-suspected.jpg\" width=\"255\" height=\"192\" \/><\/a>LANCASTER \u2013 Two arson investigations are underway after a house and a car caught fire at two locations in Lancaster early Saturday morning.<\/p>\n<p>The first fire occurred at a home in 100 block of West Newgrove Street, according to Sgt. Kevin Schlecht of the Lancaster Sheriff\u2019s Station.<\/p>\n<p>Lancaster Sheriff\u2019s Station deputies responded to the home around 1 a.m., and the fire was being extinguished by Los Angeles County Fire Department, Engine 33, Schlecht stated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe victim stated she was awakened by a noise, and when she looked toward the front door she saw the house was on fire,\u201d\u00a0Schlecht said in a news release.\u00a0The victim was able to evacuate her family from the home and call 9-1-1. No one was injured, but the fire caused roughly $150,000 worth of damage, officials said.<\/p>\n<p>Once the blaze was extinguished, fire department personnel advised the deputies that the fire appeared to have been deliberately set, Schlecht stated.<\/p>\n<p>Less than three hours after the house fire, Lancaster deputies responded to a vehicle fire in the 44600 block of Andale Avenue.<\/p>\n<p>Deputies arrived around 3:40 a.m., and Los Angeles County Fire Department, Engine 33, was on scene extinguishing the fire, according to Sgt. Robert Round of the Lancaster Sheriff\u2019s Station.<\/p>\n<p>The victim said a neighbor woke him up and told him that a car in his driveway was on fire, Round stated.<\/p>\n<p>After the fire was extinguished, fire department personnel advised the deputies that the fire appeared to be deliberately set, according to Round.<\/p>\n<p>No one was injured, but the fire caused moderate damage to the vehicle and minor damage to the residence estimated at around $4,000, Round stated.<\/p>\n<p>Detectives from the Sheriff\u2019s Department Arson\/Explosives Detail (AED) have taken over both investigations.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information on these incidents are encouraged to contact Los Angeles County Sheriff\u2019s Department\u2019s Arson\/Explosives Detail at 323-881-7500. To remain anonymous, call Crime Stoppers at 800-222-8477.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>FIRE LOCATIONS<\/strong> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"height: 360px; width: 640px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mapquest.com\/embed?hk=13FHAnv\" height=\"240\" width=\"320\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/h4>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LANCASTER \u2013 Two arson investigations are underway after a house and a car caught fire at two locations in Lancaster early Saturday morning. The first fire occurred at a home in 100 block of West Newgrove Street, according to Sgt. Kevin Schlecht of the Lancaster Sheriff\u2019s Station. Lancaster Sheriff\u2019s Station deputies responded to the home [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[719],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41244"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41244"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41244\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41244"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41244"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41244"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}